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BIBLE WONDERS 



Aids to Bible Study 



PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF 
SCRIPTURE PROPER NAMES 



IN BOTH THE AUTHORIZED 
AND REVISED VERSIONS 



By STEPHEN V. R. FORD 

Author of Sunday School Teaching, etc., etc. 



Bible Wonders Company 

ISO FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 



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Copyright, 1900 
BY Stephen V. R. Ford. 



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PREFACE, 



This little volume is in part the product 
of years of research, especially of five years 
of continuous editorial labor on the well- 
known series of International Bibles. Facts, 
both specific and miscellaneous, have been 
gathered and classified; a multitude of the 
material features of the Bible, its books, 
chapters, verses, words, letters, punctuation, 
orthography, and expressions, together with 
many personal characteristics of the actors in 
Bible scenes and incidents, are crowded into 
its pages. 

The book deals with facts only, not with 
opinions or theories. It is not constructed 
upon the question and answer system, but 
it nevertheless suggests and answers many 
questions. A leading divine, after examin- 
ing the author's manuscript, said: "It tells 
people just what they want to know. It is 
unique and fascinating. Sunday school and 
Bible class teachers, by placing this little 
volume in the hands of their scholars, will 



4 Preface. 

beget in them a passion for the study of 
God^s word/' This is the mission of the 
book. It aims to awaken interest in Bible 
reading and study, on the part of the young, 
more especial^, by hinting at the fascinating 
and inexhaustible treasures of divine truth 
which are accessible to all who seek to dis- 
cover them. 

The Pronouncing Vocabulary of Scripture 
Proper Names is at once accurate and ex- 
haustive. It embraces every proper name in 
both the Authorized and Eevised Versions. 
The names that are the same in both ver- 
sions are recorded only in the Vocabulary of 
the Authorized Version. The Vocabulary of 
the Eevised Version contains all new names 
found in that version; likewise all that have 
been changed in orthography by the revisers. 
This catalogue embraces 408 words. As a 
ready reference aid to the pronunciation and 
the spelling of the names of persons, places, 
and peculiar institutions of the Bible these 
vocabularies, embracing both versions, are in- 
valuable. 

Stephen- V. R. Ford. 

New York. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART I. PAGE 

I Peculiarities of the Books of the Bible. ... 7 

II Peculiarities of Chapters 26 

III Peculiarities of Verses 30 

IV Peculiarities of Words 34 

V Peculiarities of Letters 45 

VI Peculiarities of Punctuation 48 

VII Peculiarities of Expression 51 

VIII Peculiarities of Orthography 55 

IX Peculiarities of Persons 56 

X Glossary of Peculiar Bible Words , . 64 

XI The Revised Version 74 

XII Numerical Table — Authorized Version 78 

XIII Miscellaneous Facts 80 

XIV Obsolete and Ambiguous Words and Phrases 86 

XV Wonders of Chronology 87 

PART II. 

I The Study of the Bible 89 

II The Bible : History of ; Versions ; Division 

into Chapters and Verses 93 

III Books of the Bible Classified 95 

IV Passages of Scripture Usually Misquoted . . 98 

V Palestine — Boundaries,Extent andDivisions 103 



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VI The Judges of Israel 106 

VII Kingdoms of Israel and Judah 107 

VIII The Divided Monarchy 110 

IX The Twelve Tribes of Israel Ill 

X The Johns 115 

XI TheHerods 117 

XII The Jameses 119 

XIII TheMarys 121 

XIV Jewish Feasts and Festivals 125 

XV Religious Classes among the Jews 128 

XVI Politico-Religious Parties 1 29 

XVII Divisions of Time 131 

XVIII The Symbolism of Numbers and Colors .. . 134 

XIX Representative Women of the Bible 138 

XX Calendar for Daily Reading of Scriptures. . 146 

XXI Table of Prophetical Books 152 

XXII Parables and Miracles of the Bible 1 54 

XXIII Harmony of the Gospels 161 

XXIV Table of Weights, Money, and Measures.. . 180 

PART III. 

I Prefatory Note to Pronouncing Vocabulary 1 83 

II Key to Pronouncing Vocabulary of Scrip- 

ture Proper Names 185 

III Pronouncing Vocabulary: 

(1) Authorized Version 186 

(2) Revised Version 219 



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PART I. 
I. 

Titles and Some Peculiarities of the 
Books of the Bible. 

Old Testament, 
the pentateuch. 

The term Pentateuch means in Alexan- 
drian Greek "the five volumes." The titles 
of the books of the Pentateuch indicate in 
general terms the contents of the respective 
compositions. 

Genesis, heginning. This book contains 
the only authentic history of the world 
for a period of 2,369 years — ^upward of half 
the space of time from the creation to the 
birth of Christ. It is a book of magnificent 
epochs. Its authorship is attributed to Mo- 
ses, who is thought to have written the entire 



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Pentateuch. Genesis contains 50 chapters, 
1,533 verses, and 38,367 words. 

Exodus. This book derives its name from 
the Exode,^^ the going out or departure of 
the children of Israel from Egypt. It con- 
tains the decalogue, or ten commandments. 
The events narrated in it cover a period of 
145 years. (1635 to 1490 B. C.) Exodus is 
divided into 40 chapters, comprising 1,313 
verses and 32,692 words. 

Leviticus. This book contains the laws 
pertaining to sacriiices. The tribe of Levi was 
the priestly tribe. It had the charge of the 
religious affairs of the nation; accordingly 
the title of the book is derived from the name 
Levi, likewise the term "the Levitical priest- 
hood.- (B. C. 1490.) Leviticus numbers 27 
chapters, 859 verses, and 24,546 words 

Numbers. This book derives its name 
from the double numbering of the Israelites 
by Moses, at the command of Jehovah as re- 
corded in chapters 1-4 and in chapter 26. 
(B. 0. 1490 to 1451.) Numbers embraces 
S6 chapters, 1,288 verses, and 32,902 words 
Deuteronomy. This word means "the 
law repeated.'^ The book comprises several 
discourses of Moses in which he rehearses 
the history of the Israelites during their so- 
journ, including their journeyings to and 



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fro in the wilderness, and recapitulates the 
law given on Mount Sinai. It likewise con- 
tains the Song of M'oses, his blessing of the 
tribes, and the narrative, probably written 
by Joshua, of Moses's mysterious death and 
burial. (B. C. 1451.) Deuteronomy has 34 
chapters, 959 verses, and 28,461 words. 

THE HISTORICAL BOOKS. 

The titles of the 12 historical books are 
variously derived. Some of them are called 
by the names of their respective authors, 
whereas others bear the names of persons 
whose deeds are celebrated in their records. 

Joshua. This book may be said to il- 
lustrate both these descriptions. Joshua not 
only wrote the book, but he was the central 
figure in the events therein narrated. The 
conquest of Canaan forms the burden of the 
volume. (B. C. 1451 to 1420.) Joshua con- 
tains 24 chapters, 658 verses, and 18,858 
words. 

Judges. This book was written by the 
prophet Samuel. It relates the history of 
Israel during the administration of the fif- 
teen judges beginning with Othniel at the 
end of the rule of the elders, and terminat- 
ing with Samuel, whose administration 
came to a close at the time of Saul's corona- 



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lion. The rule of the Judges covered a pe- 
riod of about 299 years, B. C. 1394 to 1095 
Judges comprises 21 chapters, 618 verses' 
and 18,971 words. 

Ruth. This book, probably written by 
Samuel, named after Ruth, a Moabitess, is 
one of two books in the Bible which are 
named after women. The lineage of our 
Lord IS traced through this book, Boaz, the 
husband of Ruth, having been an ancestor 
of David. (B. C. 1323 to 1312.) Ruth has 
4 chapters, 85 verses, and 2,578 words 

First and Second Samuel. Of these 
books it may be said that they are entitled 
to bear the name of Samuel, the distin- 
guished prophet, judge, and priest, wheth- 
er or not he wrote them, because of his par- 
ticipation in the important events recorded 
therein. The authorship of the first book 
unquestionably belongs to him, while the 
prophets Nathan and Gad undoubtedly wrote 
the second. First Samuel contains 31 chap- 
ters, 810 verses, and 25,061 words. Second 
Samuel numbers 24 chapters, 695 verses, and 
20,612 words. (B. C. 1171 to 1017.) 
^RST and Second Kings. The two books 
ot Kings relate principally to the history of 
Israel and Judah from the end of David's 
reign to the Babylonian captivity. Their 



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authorship is not definitely known. First 
Kings contains 22 chapters, 816 verses, and 
24,524 words. Second Kings consists of 25 
chapters, 719 verses, and 23,532 words. 
(B. C. 1015 to 588.) 

First and Second Chronicles. The 
two books of Chronicles are, in a general way, 
devoted to genealogical records, beginning 
with the creation, B. C. 4004. It will be 
observed that the chronological date placed 
at the beginning of First Chronicles is iden- 
tical with that which occurs at the begin- 
ning of the book of Genesis. Furthermore, 
the first word in First Chronicles is Adam. 
The historical records contained in the books 
of Chronicles are largely supplementary to 
those which are found in the books of Sam- 
uel and of the Kings ; but the minuteness of 
detail with which the kingly reigns are de- 
scribed, more especially those of David and 
Solomon, renders the books of Chronicles 
exceptionally valuable to the student of Bi- 
ble history. The authorship of these books 
is generally ascribed to Ezra. First Chron- 
icles comprises 29 chapters, 941 verses, and 
20,369 words. Second Chronicles embraces 
36 chapters, 822 verses, and 26,074 words. 
(B. C. 4004 to 536.) 

Ezra, This book was written by Ezra, 



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^^the scribe/' who was ^^one of the captives 
at Babylon," and who, "joining the Jews at 
Jerusalem many years after their return/' 
was identified with the rebuilding of the 
temple. He was likewise instrumental in re- 
forming many abuses, notably in annulling 
the "strange marriages" which had increased 
the trespass of Israel as set forth in the vol- 
ume bearing his name. Ezra consists of 10 
chapters, 280 verses, and 7,441 words. (B. C. 
536 to 457.) 

N'ehemiah. This book, written at least 
in part and in part compiled by Nehemiah, 
a Jewish captive and patriot, recites his com- 
mission from Artaxerxes, king of Persia, to 
go to Jerusalem and restore the wall of the 
city; his success in that undertaking; his 
abolition of usurious practices; his religious 
zeal in causing the law to be read, and in 
restoring Sabbath observance and the forms 
of worship. Nehemiah consists of 13 chap- 
ters, 406 verses, and 10,483 words. (B. C. 
445 to 428.) 

Esther. This is one of two books (the 
other being Euth) in the Bible that bear 
the names of women. The authorship of 
Esther is not certainly known. The leading 
character in the narrative is Esther, a Jew- 
ess who was chosen queen by Ahasuerus after 



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he had put away Vashti. The book is one of 
absorbing interest; and while the name of 
God is entirely wanting in its pages, the les- 
sons of God's providential care over his peo- 
ple are magnified on every hand. Esther 
numbers 10 chapters, 167 verses, and 5,637 
words. (B. C. 462 to 452.) 

THE POETICAL BOOKS. 

The poetical books are five in number. 

Job. This book is not only placed at the 
head of the poetical books of the Bible, but 
it is thought by many scholars to be the old- 
est poem in existence. "The age in which 
Job lived is a question that has created 
much discussion. The most probable opin- 
ion fixes it as earlier than Abraham. The 
book may be read, therefore, between the 
eleventh and twelfth chapters of Genesis as a 
supplement to the concise record of the early 
condition of our race given by Moses" (An- 
gus, Bihle Handhooh). Various opinions 
exist as to the authorship of the book. Some 
scholars ascribe it to Job, others to Elihu, 
and others to Moses. Suffice it to say it is 
the history of the patriarch whose name it 
bears. Job consists of 42 chapters, 1,070 
verses, and 18,102 words. (B. C. 1520.) 

Psalms. The book of Psalms consists of 



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five books, the first, second, third, and fourth 
of which end with a doxology. The several 
books embrace, respectively, the following 
numbers: 1-41; 42-73: 73-89; 90-106; 107- 
150. The 41 Psalms contained in the first 
book are ascribed to David. "The Jewish 
hymn book'' is a title frequently given to the 
Psalms. The Psalms number 150, and con- 
sist of 2,461 verses and 43,743 words. 

Proverbs. This book contains a collection 
of wise sayings, nearly all of which are as- 
cribed to Solomon, hence the title, "The 
Proverbs of Solomon." The Proverbs were 
written about 1,000 years B. C. Proverbs 
contains 31 chapters, 915 verses, and 15,043 
words. 

EccLESiASTES. "Ecclcsiastes, or the 
Preacher," is the full title of this book. It 
contains a record of the experience of Sol- 
omon. Ecclcsiastes numbers 12 chapters, 
222 verses, and 5,584 words. (B. C. 1000.) 

SoLOMON^s Song. The Song of Solomon, 
called likewise the Canticles (plural for Can- 
ticle, the meaning of which is, "a little 
song"), is ascribed to Solomon. It relates 
to the union between God and his Church. 
Solomon's Song is composed of 8 chapters, 
117 verses, and 2,661 words. (B. C. 1014.) 



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the prophetical books. 

The number of the prophetical books is 
17. Of these 5 are termed "major" and 12 
"minor" prophets. 

The Major Prophets. 

Isaiah. This prophecy is divided into 
two principal parts, the first embracing chap- 
ters 1-39, the second 40-66, both inclusive. 
It is largely Messianic; indeed, "The Gospel 
according to Isaiah" would fittingly char- 
acterize the leading portions of the prophecy. 
Isaiah is not infrequently termed "the evan- 
gelical prophet." Isaiah consists of 66 chap- 
ters, 1,292 verses, and 37,044 words. (B. C. 
760 to 698.) 

Jeremiah. This book relates chiefly to 
the calamities that were to be visited upon 
the Jews, and which were experienced in the 
destruction of Jerusalem and the seventy 
years^ captivity. The title "the weeping 
prophet" has been appropriately bestowed 
upon the prophet Jeremiah. Jeremiah con- 
tains 52 chapters, 1,364 verses, and 42,659 
words. (B. C. 629 to 588.) 

Lamentations. This book is in the na- 
ture of an appendix to the prophecy of Jer- 
emiah. It sets forth the sorrow of the prophet 



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over tlie destruction of the holy city. "How 
doth the city sit solitary that was full of 
people!'^ introduces the prophet's lamenta- 
tions to his readers. Lamentations has 5 
chapters, 154 verses, and 3,415 words. 
(B. C. 588.) 

EzEKiEL. This book contains a series of 
remarkable visions. It is divided into 9 sec- 
tions, embracing the prophet's call, predic- 
tions, reproofs, and warnings concerning 
Judah and Jerusalem, "symbolic representa- 
tions of the Messianic times," and an elab- 
orate description of the "new city and tem- 
ple." Ezekiel numbers 48 chapters, 1,273 
verses, and 39,407 words. (B. C. 595 to 
574.) 

Daniel. The first 6 chapters are historic- 
al, the last 6 prophetical. This book, like that 
of Revelation, is exceedingly difficult of in- 
terpretation, and has always excited and 
challenged the interest of the profoundest 
biblical scholars. Daniel com|fl*ises 12 chap- 
ters, 357 verses, and 11,606 words. (B. C. 
595 to 574.) 

The Minor Prophets. 

There are twelve books denominated the 
minor prophets. 

HosEA. Symbolic terms are employed in 



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the "first part of this book to represent Is- 
rael's history; the latter portion is prophetic 
of her degradation and final glorification. 
Hosea consists of 14 chapters, 197 verses, and 
5,175 words. (B. C. 785 to 725.) 

Joel. This book sets forth the judgments 
of God against Judah; and after calling her 
people to repentance depicts the prosperity 
of the Church under the reign of the Mes- 
siah. Joel has 3 chapters, 73 verses, and 
2,034 words. (B. C. 810 to 795.) 

Amos. The chastening and the ultimate 
prosperity of Israel, together with the calling 
of the Gentiles, are set forth in this proph- 
ecy. Amos consists of 9 chapters, 146 verses, 
and 4,217 words. (B. C. 810 to 785.) 

Obadiah. This brief prophecy describes 
the doom of Edom and Jacob's victories. 
Obadiah has 1 chapter of 21 verses, contain- 
ing 670 words. (B. C. 587.) 

Jonah. This book narrates Jonah's per- 
sonal experiences. Jonah is the most ancient 
of the prophets whose writings have come 
down to us. Jonah numbers 4 chapters, 48 
verses, and 1,321 words. (B. C. 840 to 784.) 

MiCAii. This book treats of the calam- 
ities that were to overtake Israel and Judah ; 
calls the people to repentance; foretells the 
birth of Christ and the Church's triumph. 
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Micah contains 7 chapters, 105 verses, and 
3,153 words. (B. C. 758 to 690.) 

Nahum. This prophecy is a continuation 
and supplement of that of Jonah. The first 
four words of the book furnish the key to 
its contents, namely, "The burden of Nin- 
eveh.^' Nahum numbers 3 chapters, 47 
verses, and 1,285 words. (B. C. 720 to 698.) 

Habakkuk. This prophet describes the 
destruction of the Chaldeans and indites a 
sublime song which unites the twofold char- 
acteristics of praise and prayer. Habakkuk 
consists of 3 chapters, 56 verses, and 1,476 
words. (B. C. 640 to 609.) 

Zephaniah. This prophecy is directed 
against Judah; likewise judgments are pro- 
nounced upon the Philistines, Moab, Am- 
mon, Ethiopia, and Assyria. It closes with 
an impassioned appeal beginning, "Sing, 
daughter of Zion; shout, Israel; be glad 
and rejoice with all the heart, daughter of 
Jerusalem." Zephaniah has 3 chapters, 53 
verses, and 1,617 words. (B. C. 640 to 609.) 

Haggai. This prophet rebukes the people 
for their neglect of God's house, and incites 
them to rebuild the temple. He closes with 
a prophecy of the establishment of Christ's 
kingdom. Haggai has 2 chapters, 38 verses, 
and 1,131 words. (B. C. 520 to 518.) 



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Zechariah. The object of this book was 
to promote the building of the temple (see 
Ezra 6. 14). The prophecy is replete with 
symbolisms, and is highly picturesque in 
style. Zechariah has 14 chapters, 211 verses, 
and 6,444 words. (B. C. 520 to 510.) 

Malachi. As Nehemiah marks the close 
of the history, so Malachi marks the close of 
the prophecy of the Old Testament. The 
first part of the book upbraids Israel be- 
cause of her wickedness; the latter part pro- 
claims the rising of the Sun of righteousness 
and exhorts Israel to remember the law of 
Moses. Malachi numbers 4 chapters, 55 
verses, and 1,782 words. (B. C. 420 to 397.) 

The New Testament Booe:s. 
historical. 

Matthew. The date of this gospel is 
uncertain. It is thought to have been writ- 
ten about A. D. 42. It was written by 
Matthew the apostle in the Greek language 
in Palestine for Jewish converts, and sets 
forth the eternal sonship of Jesus Christ, 
the Messiah of the Old Testament, and the 
Saviour of the world. Matthew contains 28 
chapters, 1,071 verses, and 23,684 words. 

Mark. Precisely when and where this 



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gospel was written cannot be determined, 
though the date is thought to have been 
about A. D. 42. It was written in Greek for 
Gentile readers, and distinctly magnifies Je- 
sus's earthly acts. Mark consists of 16 chap- 
ters, 678 verses, and 15,171 words. 

Luke. The author of this gospel was "the 
beloved physician,^^ whose name it bears. 
Luke was undoubtedly written at Caesarea 
about A. D. 60, in the Greek tongue. In it 
the conversations of Jesus are placed before 
us with great force and clearness. Theoph- 
ilus, to whom it was addressed, was doubt- 
less "a Gentile of rank and distinction." 
Luke consists of 24 chapters, 1,151 verses, 
and 25,944 words. 

John. This is preeminently the gospel 
of love. It was written at Ephesus in the 
Greek language about A. D. 90, and is es- 
pecially devoted to the setting forth of Je- 
sus's discourses. John numbers 21 chapters, 
879 verses, and 19,099 words. 

The Acts. The title of The Acts of the 
Apostles, the last of the historical books of 
the N"ew Testament, clearly reflects the na- 
ture of the contents of this composition. 
The ascension of our Lord, the gift of the 
Holy Ghost, and a record of the events con- 
nected with the establishment of the Chris- 



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tian Church furnish the staple of its con- 
tents. The book was written by Luke at 
Rome about A. D. 58. The Acts contains 
28 chapters, 1,007 verses, and 34,250 words. 

THE EPISTLES. 

EoMANS. This is the first and most im- 
portant of the Pauline epistles. It was writ- 
ten by the apostle ?aul at Corinth about 
A. D. 55, and was, of course, addressed to 
the Christians in Rome. Romans contains 
16 chapters, 433 verses, and 9,447 words. 

First Corinthians. This epistle was 
written by Paul the apostle at Ephesus 
about A. D. 57, and was intended to correct 
certain evils which were agitating the church 
at Corinth. First Corinthians numbers 16 
chapters, 437 verses, and 9,489 words. 

Second Corinthians. The Second Epis- 
tle of Paul to the Corinthians was written 
at Macedonia about A. D. 57. Second Cor- 
inthians consists of 13 chapters, 257 verses, 
and 6,092 words. 

Galatians. This epistle was written by 
Paul at Ephesus about A. D. 57. The 
churches of Galatia were founded by him 
about six years prior to that time (see Acts 
16. 6). Galatians is composed of 6 chapters, 
149 verses, and 3,098 words. 



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Ephesians. The church at Ephesus was 
founded by Paul (see Acts 18. 18-26). This 
epistle was written by him at Eome about 
A. D. 62, during his first imprisonment in 
"the Eternal City.^^ Ephesians has 6 chap- 
ters, 155 verses, and 3,039 words. 

Philippians. Paul wrote this epistle at 
Rome about A. D. 63, and addressed it to 
the church at Philippi, a city of Macedonia.- 
Philippi is distinguished as having been the 
first city in Europe which received the Gos- 
pel (see Acts 16. 12-40). Philippians con- 
sists of 4 chapters, 104 verses, and 2,202 
words. 

CoLOSSiANS. The church at Colosse was 
founded by Epaphras, a fellow-laborer with 
Paul. This epistle was written by Paul at 
Rome about A. D. 62, during his first cap- 
tivity in that city. Colossians embraces 4 
chapters, 95 verses, and 1,998 words. 

First Thessalonians. The church at 
Thessalonica was founded by the apostle 
Paul, and was composed of both Jews and 
Jewish proselytes. This epistle was written 
by him at Corinth about A. D. 52. It con- 
sists of 5 chapters, 89 verses, and 1,857 
words. 

Second Thessalonians. This epistle 
was written at Corinth not long after the 



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first one, and by the same author, about 
A. D. 53. It numbers 3 chapters, 47 verses, 
and 1,042 words. 

First Timothy. Paul wrote this epistle 
probably during his sojourn in Macedonia, 
about A. D. 64. The epistle consists of 6 
chapters, 113 verses, and 2,269 words. 

Second Timothy. The time and place of 
this epistle may be set down as A. D. 65 at 
Eome, during the second imprisonment of 
Paul, and not long before his martyrdom 
(see 2 Tim. 4. 6-8). The epistle has 4 chap- 
ters, 83 verses, and 1,703 words. 

Titus. The epistle to Titus was written 
by Paul at Ephesus probably about A. D. 
57, though the date is by no means estab- 
lished. This epistle is termed "pastoral." 
Titus consists of 3 chapters, 46 verses, and 
921 words. 

Philemon. This brief but most de- 
lightful letter was written by Paul at Eome 
about A. D. 62. It was addressed in affec- 
tionate terms to "Philemon our dearly be- 
loved, and fellow-laborer." Philemon has 1 
chapter, 25 verses, and 445 words. 

Hebrevj^s. This epistle, addressed to He- 
brew Christians, was written at Eome A. D. 
63 by Paul, most likely, though concerning 
its authorship many conflicting opinions are 



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held. Apollos is thought by many scholars 
to have written it. Hebrews embraces J. 3 
chapters, 303 verses, and 6,913 words. 

James. This, the first of the seven Gen- 
eral or Catholic Epistles, was written by 
James, the Lord's brother, about A. D. 61 
at Jerusalem. Some writers, however, as- 
cribe its authorship to James the apostle, the 
son of Zebedee. James consists of 5 chap- 
ters, 108 verses, and 2,309 words. 

First Peter. The date of this epistle is 
A. D. 63. It was written by the apostle 
Peter at Babylon (see 1 Pet. 5. 13) a short 
time before his martyrdom, which occurred 
under the reign of the tyrant Nero. It em- 
braces 5 chapters, 105 verses, and 2,482 
words. 

Second Peter. This epistle, like the first 
one from his pen, was written by Peter at 
Babylon in A. D. 63. It is addressed to all 
believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. It has 
3 chapters, 61 verses, and 1,559 words. 

First John. This epistle was probably 
written at Ephesus by John, "the apostle of 
love." The date of the letter is conjectural, 
but was doubtless about A. D. 68. It con- 
tains 5 chapters, 105 verses, and 2,523 
words. 

Second John, This epistle was written 



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by the apostle John about the time of the 
writing of the first epistle, and at Ephesus. 
It has 1 chapter, 13 verses, and 303 words. 

Third John. This letter was written by 
John at Ephesus probably A. D. 68, and is 
addressed to Gains. It has 1 chapter of l-t 
verses and .299 words. 

JuDE. This epistle was written by the 
apostle Jnde (called also Lebbseus and Thad- 
daens) abont A. D. 7o, the place unknown. 
It consists of 1 chapter, 25 verses, and 613 
words. 

PBOPHETIOAL. 

Revelation. This is the one prophetical 
book of the New Testament. It was written 
A. D. 96 by John the apostle and evangelist 
in the isle of Patmos, whither he was ban- 
ished by the Emperor Domitian, "for the 
word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus 
Christ." Eevelation consists of 22 chapters, 
404 verses, and 12,000 words. 



26 Bible Wonders. 

II. 

Peculiarities of Chapters^ 

The Bible is divided into 1,189 chapters, 
of which number 929 belong to the Old 
Testament and 260 to the New. Calling the 
psalms chapters, for the sake of convenience, 
the 117th Psalm is the middle chapter of 
the Bible. The number of this chapter 
among the 1,189 is 595, so that both before 
and after it there are 594 chapters. It is 
at once a singular and an interesting fact 
that this chapter is the middle and the short- 
est chapter in the Bible. It consists of 2 
verses, which contain 33 words, numbering 
133 letters. Further than this, it is interest- 
ing to know that the longest chapter in the 
Bible, the 119th Psalm, and the shortest are 
separated by only one intervening number. 
It would almost seem that the occurrence of 
the shortest chapter in the middle of the 
Bible were a matter of set purpose. 

The 119th Psalm consists of 176 verses. 
It is divided into 22 sections of 8 verses each. 
The letters of the Hebrew alphabet form 
the captions, or titles, of the several sec- 
tions. The entire composition contains, in- 
cluding the titles mentioned, 2,445 words, 
numbering 10,146 letters. 



Bible Wonders. 21 

The longest chapter in the Bible, exclusive 
of the 119th Psalm, is the 7th of Numbers. 
It contains 89 verses, numbering 1,939 
words. Under the caption ^'Verses'^ may be 
found some interesting observations con- 
cerning the versification of this chapter. 

Only 3 chapters of the Bible contain as 
many as 80 verses each. They are, Num- 
bers, chapter 7, 89; First Chronicles, chap- 
ter 6, 81 ; St. Luke, chapter 1, 80 verses. 

The 29th chapter of Job is the middle, 
chapter of the Old Testament. Its number 
among the 929 chapters is 465, so that there 
are 464 chapters both before and after it. 

The 13th chapter of Romans is the 130th 
chapter of the New Testament. There being 
260 chapters in the book, this chapter forms 
the last one in the first half of it. 

There are 14 chapters in the Bible whose 
contents are not summarized, namely, the 
11th to the 24th chapters, inclusive, of the 
book of Proverbs. There are no chapter 
headings. These chapters treat of "moral 
virtues, and their contrary vices." 

The 21st chapter of the Acts ends with a 
comma, the subject-matter remaining un- 
broken by the introduction of the succeeding 
chapter. This is the only chapter in the 
Bible that does not end with a period. This 



28 Bible Woj^ders. 

chapter is peculiar, moreover, in that it is 
not paragraphed. 

Two chapters of the Bible are nearly alike, 
namely, 2 Kings 19 and Isa. 37. The former 
is divided into 37, the latter into 38, verses, 
verse 15 of the former constituting verses 
15 and 16 of the latter. There are 16 verses 
which read precisely alike in both chapters. 

The New Testament is composed, as has 
been stated, of 260 chapters. Observe that 
this is exactly 5 times 52, the number of 
weeks, and accordingly 5 times the number 
of Sundays in the year. By reading 5 chap- 
ters on each and every Sunday one would 
therefore accomplish the reading of the New 
Testament in just one year. Subtracting the 
52 Sundays from the 365 days in the year 
leaves 313 secular or "week" days. Now, the 
Old Testament contains 929 chapters. Ac- 
cordingly, by reading 3 chapters on each and 
every week day, beginning with the first 
week day in Januar}^, one would complete 
the Old Testament on December 28, two 
chapters only remaining to be read on that 
day. If it were a leap year, the reading would 
be finished on December 27. The same re- 
sult, however, would attend the reading of 
3 chapters on the week days and 5 on Sundays 
without confining one's self to the order 



Bible Woxders. 29 

above mentioned concerning the two Testa- 
ments. 

There is a striking similarity between the 
14th and the 53d Psalms. Psa. 40. 13-17 
and the 70th Psalm read almost exactly 
the same. Psalms 57, 60, and 108 are strik- 
ingly similar in man)^ passages. 

The 119th Psalm has marked peculiarities, 
to some of which allusion has already been 
made. It remains to be said, however, that 
each of the 176 verses comprising this com- 
position begins with the same Hebrew let- 
ter which designates the division to which 
it belongs. Further than this : in this Psalm 
"the divine oracles are set forth under ten 
different characteristic and descriptive terms 
namely, testimonies, commandments, pre- 
cepts, word, law, ways, truth, judgments, 
righteousness, statutes. But five verses oc- 
cur in the whole Psalm (the Jews say but 
one, verse 122) in which one or other of 
these words does not occur." — F. G. Hih- 
hard. 

In the Eevised Version of the Bible the 
19th chapter of John, which is the 1,016th 
chapter of the volume, is composed of 1,016 
words. 



30 Bible Wonders. 

III. 
Peculiarities of Verses* 

The text of the Bible is divided into 31,- 
101 verses. The Old Testament contains 
23,144 verses, the New Testament 7,957. 

The middle verse of the Bible is Psa. 103. 
3; that is, among 31,101 it is verse 15,550. 
The middle verse of the Old Testament is 
2 Chron. 18. 30, and of the New Testament, 
Acts 7. 7. 

The shortest verse in the Bible is, "Jesus 
wept," John 11. 35, It embraces 2 words, 
numbering 9 letters. 

The shortest verse in the Old Testament is 
1 Chron. 1. 25. It contains 3 words, aggre- 
gating 12 letters, and reads thus: "Eber, 
Peleg, Ecu." 

The longest verse in the Bible is Esth. 8. 
9. It consists of 90 words, numbering 42 G 
letters, and reads as follows : "Then were the 
king's scribes called at that time in the third 
month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three 
and twentieth day thereof; and it was writ- 
ten according to all that Mordecai command- 
ed unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and 
the deputies and rulers of the provinces which 
are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred 
twenty and seven provinces, unto every prov- 



Bible Wonders. 31 

ince according to the writing thereof, and 
unto every people after their language, and 
to the Jews according to their writing, and 
according to their language." 

The longest verse in the New Testament 
is Rev. 20. 4. It embraces 68 words, aggre- 
gating 284 letters, and reads thus: "And I 
saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and 
judgment was given unto them: and I saw 
the souls of them that were beheaded for the 
witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, 
and which had not worshipped the beast, nei- 
ther his image, neither had received his mark 
upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and 
they lived and reigned with Christ a thou- 
sand years." 

One verse in the Bible contains all the let- 
ters of the alphabet excepting j, namely, 
Ezra 7. 21. It reads as follows : "And I, even 
I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to 
all the treasurers which are beyond the river, 
that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe 
of the law of the God of heaven, shall require 
of you, it be done speedily." 

The Lamentations of Jeremiah consists of 
5 chapters, numbering, in the aggregate, 154 
verses. The versification of the chapters in 
their numerical order presents this striking 
arrangement : 22, 22, 66, 22, 22. 



32 Bible Wonders. 

There are 8 verses in the Bible each of 
which is connected with the verse succeeding 
it without punctuation marks of any kind 
whatever. They are, Gen. 23. 17; 1 Chron. 
21. 11; 2 Chron. 31. 18; Psa. 96. 12; 98. 8; 
Rom. 11. 7; Eph. 3. 4; Col. 1. 21. 

The name "Jesus'^ occurs in both the first 
and last verses of the New Testament. 

The famous inscription on the "Liberty 
BelF^ in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, 
was borrowed from Lev. 25. 10. It reads as 
follows : "Proclaim liberty throughout all the 
land unto all the inhabitants thereof.^^ In 
the Bible the first "all" in the sentence is 
rendered in italic letters; the Revised Ver- 
sion omits it altogether. 

The 136th Psalm contains 26 verses, each 
one of which ends with the words, "For his 
mercy endureth for ever." 

The 107th Psalm contains 4 verses which 
read precisely alike. They are verses 8, 15, 
21, and 31. 

In some editions of the Bible Luke 22. 66 
ends Avith the word "saying ;" in the "Inter- 
national" series and in most issues of the 
book it forms the initial word of verse 67. 

The versification of the longest chapter in 
the Bible, exclusive of the 119th Psalm, 
namely, Num. 7, is an interesting study. Of 



Bible Wonders. 33 

the 89 verses which it contains, verses 15, 
21, 27, 33, 39, 45, 51, 57, 63, 69, and 75 are 
alike; likewise verses 16, 22, 28, 34, 40, 46, 
52, 58, 64, 70, 76, and 82; likewise verses 
26, 32, 38, 44, 50, 56, 62, 68, 74, and 80; 
likewise verses 25, 37, 49, 61, 67, 73, and 79; 
likewise verses 31 and 55. Verse 43 differs 
from verses 31 and 55 in only one word; 
where verse 43 reads "a" verses 31 and 55 
read "one." 

In the Revised Version of the Bible cer- 
tain verse numbers are wanting owing to the 
elimination from the text of the matter con- 
tained in these verses in the King James 
Version. In every instance where a complete 
verse has been left out the verse number, in- 
stead of being retained, and passed on to 
the succeeding verse, has been dropped. Ac- 
cordingly, the following verses, fifteen in 
all, are wanting in the Revised Version: 
Matt. 17. 21; 23. 14; Mark 7. 16; 9. 44, 46; 
n. 26; 15. 28; Luke 17. 36; 23. 17; John 
5. 4; Acts 8. 37; 15. 34; 24. 7; 28. 29; Rom. 
16. 24. In John's gospel, chapter 7. 53 be- 
gins a new paragraph, and is connected with 
chapter 8. 1 by a colon followed with a 
"lower case" b in the first word of chapter 
8, thus: "his own house: but Jesus went 
unto the mount of Olives." 
3 



34 Bible Wonders. 

IV. 
Peculiarities of Words^ 

The Bible is composed of 791,328 words, 
of which number 610,577 are contained in 
the Old Testament, and 180,751 in the New. 
The different words contributing to this vast 
sum total number 12,849. Of this number 
3,942, or upward of 30 per cent, occur only 
once. Deducting 3,942 from 791,328 leaves 
787,386; deducting 3,942 from 12,849 leaves 
3,907, from which it appears that 8,907 dif- 
ferent words make up the grand aggregate 
of 787,386 words, the average use of each 
word being nearly 89 times. Two words, 
however, represent almost one seventh of the 
entire sum of the words contained in the 
text of the Bible. They are the definite ar- 
ticle "the," and the conjunction "and." The 
former occurs 61,730, the latter 51,349, 
times, their combined occurrences aggregat- 
ing 113,079. 

An excellent authority, the late Eev. Eu- 
fus Wendell, affirms that the Eevised Version 
of the Bible contains 792,444 words. 

The number of words with accented syl- 
lables and vowel markings representing 
quantity and quality in the International 
Self-Pronouncing Bibles is 3,587. Of this 



Bible Wonders. 35 

number 1,995 are names of persons only; 
926 represent places only, while 666 pertain 
to rivers, mountains, feasts, heathen divin- 
ities, personal and symbolic titles, musical 
terms, etc. By "symbolic titles" reference is 
had to such words as Aholah and Aholibah, 
which represent, respectively, Samaria and 
Jerusalem. There are 75 names which rep- 
resent both person and place, such as Dan, 
for example. 

Let it be understood, however, that 1,995 
by no means indicates the entire number of 
persons mentioned in the text of the Bible; 
neither does 925 represent all the places 
named therein. In many instances a name 
stands for a number of persons, and this 
statement applies, though to a more limited 
extent, to places, as well. For example, the 
name Herod stands for no less than six dif- 
ferent persons, while En-Grannim represents 
two different cities. In some instances the 
name of a person is used to designate an ob- 
ject other than a place. For example, Ephod 
is the name of a man, and likewise of a sacred 
priestly vestment. Furthermore, in numer- 
ous instances two or more different names are 
used to designate one and the same person. 
Jacob and Israel, Daniel and Belteshazzar, 
Jethro, called also Raguel, Eeuel, and Ho- 



36 Bible Wonders. 

bab — though the latter may have been the 
name of Moses's brother-in-law rather than 
of his father-in-law — are examples of this 
fact. Not infrequently places were called by 
two or more different names. Thus Luz was 
known as Beth-el, while Dan was originally 
called Laish and Leshem. 

The name Lord occurs oftener than any 
other name of either a person or place in the 
Bible. The four leading biblical names, 
Lord, God, Jesus, and Moses, occur, re- 
spectively, in the following numerical order : 
Lord, 7,708; God, 4,360; Jesus, 979; Moses, 
832 times. Intelligent readers do not need 
to be told that the name Jesus occurs only in 
the New Testament. 

The word Immanuel, that is, '^God with 
us" one of the titles of our Saviour, occurs 
twice in the Old Testament, Isa. 7. 14 ; 8. 8. 
In Matt. 1. 23 it is rendered Emmanuel. 
The word does not occur elsewhere in the 
Scriptures. 

The word Messiah, that is, '^Anointed,** 
one of the titles of our Lord, occurs twice in 
the Old Testament, Dan. 9. 25, 26. It is ren- 
dered Messias in the New Testament, John 
1. 41 ; 4. 25. These are the only occurrences 
of the word in the Bible. 

"Your selves" occurs in this form, that is, 



Bible Wonders. Si 

as two words, twice in the Bible, Lev. 11. 43; 
Josh. 23. 11. The marginal reading for 
'^selves" in both instances is, "Heb. souls/' 
the expression is equivalent, therefore, to 
"your souls." 

The word "eternity" occurs only once in 
the Bible, Isa. 57. 15. 

The word ^'eternaF' is found 47 times in 
the Old Testameait, and 45 times in the New. 

The expressions "eternal life" and "life 
eternal" do not occur in the Old Testament, 
whereas they are found 26 and 4 times, re- 
spectively, in the 'New. The term "everlast- 
ing life" occurs once in the Old Testament, 
Dan. 12. 2, and 16 times in the New. 

The expression "eternal glory" is found in 
one passage of the New Testament, 2 Tim. 
2. 10, in which Testament the words "eter- 
nal salvation," Heb. 5. 9, and "eternal re- 
demption," Heb. 9. 12, likewise occur; these 
expressions are entirely wanting in the Old 
Testament. 

The book of Revelation is composed of ex- 
actly twelve thousand words. In four con- 
secutive verses of the 7th chapter of the book 
the term "twelve thousand" occurs 12 times, 
3 times in each verse. It likewise occurs in 
one other passage in the book, wherein men- 
tion is made of twelve thousand furlono^s. 



38 Bible Wonders. 

The term "twelve thousand" occurs only 
22 times in the entire Bible. The word 
"twelve" occurs 22 times in the book of Eev- 
elation — oftener than in any of the other 
books of the Bible. "The twelve tribes of Is- 
rael/^ "twelve angels," "twelve apostles," 
"twelve gates," "twelve marmer of fruits," 
and "twelve pearls" are expressions common 
to this book. Moreover, iiL it alone "the 
tribe of Joseph" is named as one of the 
twelve tribes of Israel without any qualifica- 
tion whatever. Indeed, the phrase, "the tribe 
of Joseph," occurs in only one other passage 
in the Bible, Num. 13. 11, where it is im^ 
mediately followed by the qualifying state- 
ment, "namely, of the tribe of Manasseh." 

The shortest dissyllable in the Bible is Ai. 

The Bible contains eight proper names of 
only two letters each, namely, Ai, Ar, Ed, 
Er, No, Og, On, and Uz. 

The longest compoimd word in the Bible 
is Chushan-rishathaim. It is a proper name, 
and is composed of 17 letters. The name 
Maher-shalal-hash-baz contains 18 letters, 
but it is made up of four single words, and 
may therefore be described as a triple com- 
pound. It occurs only twice, Isa. 8. 1, 3. 

There are three common words in the 
Bible that are composed of 16 letters 



Bible Wonders. 39 

each, two of which, the second and third, 
occur only once each. They are "loving- 
kindnesses," "covenantbreakers," and "evilfa- 
vouredness." In the Bible these are rendered 
as single words, whereas they are given as 
compounds in the dictionaries. There is no 
single word of more than 16 letters in the 
.Bible. 

The single name containing the greatest 
number of syllables, namely, 6, is Mesopo- 
tamia. 

The word El-elohe-Tsrael is composed of 
7 syllables, but it embraces three different 
names. 

The longest proper name, or perhaps we 
should say appellation, in the Bible is Aphar- 
sathchites, Ezra 4. 9. 

The word "its" occurs only once in the 
Bible, namely. Lev. 25. 5. In the Ee vised 
Version the word "itself" is substituted there- 
for. In the Authorized Version the neuter 
possessive pronoun is rendered "his." The 
expression, "the heart knoweth his own bit- 
terness," Prov. 14. 10, furnishes an example 
of this peculiarity. 

The word "cross" does not occur in the 
Old Testament. 

The middle word of the Bible is "trans- 
gressors," Psa, 59, 5. 



40 Bible Wondees. 

The word ^'in/' 1 Chron. 21. 18, is the 
middle word of the Old Testament. 

The middle word of the New Testament 
is "these/' Acts 8. 24; that is, 90,375 words 
occur both before and after it. 

The word "Selah'' occurs 78 times in the 
Bible. In one instance it is nsed to desig- 
nate a place, 2 Kings 14. 7. The place orig- 
inally known as "Selah" was afterward 
called "Joktheel;" the change was made by 
King Amaziah when he took tlie place "by 
war." A similar instance is recorded in Gen. 
28. 19, where the name "Lnz" was changed 
to "Beth-el" by the patriarch Jacob. The 
word "Selah" occurs 74 times in the Psalms 
and 3 times in Habakkuk. It is one of 9 
words which are thought by eminent schol- 
ars to be musical terms, though their exact 
meaning cannot be traced. The other terms 
are Alamoth, Al-taschith, Gittith, Mahalath 
Leannoth, Michtam, Neginah, Neginoth, and 
Shushan-eduth ; they are all found in the 
book of Psalms. 

"'Higgaion," which occurs in the 9th 
Psalm, is defined in the margin as "medita- 
tion." The term "Shigionoth," Hab. 3. 1, 
is supposed by many scholars to be identical 
with "Shiggaion," Psa. 7, title. 

"Michtam" is rendered in the margin, "A 



Bible Wonders. 41 

golden Psalm of David." It occurs in the 
title of 6 of the Psalms, namely, the 16th 
and the 56th to the 60th, inclusive. 

"Maschil/' which occurs in the title of 
Psalms 32, 42, 44, 45, 52, 53, 54, 55, 74, 78, 
88, 89, and 142, is defined in the margin, "to 
give instruction." 

The word "love" occurs 311 times in the 
Bible. It is found 131 times among the 
610,577 words contained in the Old Testa- 
ment, whereas it occurs 180 times among the 
180,751 words of which the New Testament 
is composed. In other words, it occupies one 
place in 4,661 in the Old Testament, and one 
in 1,004 in the New. It occurs only 47 
times in the first half of the Bible; in the 
last half, 264 times. In 15 of the 39 Old 
Testament books, namely, Numbers, Euth, 
Second Kings, First Chronicles, Ezra, Es- 
ther, Job, Lamentations, Joel, Obadiah, 
Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Haggai, and Mal- 
achi, it is entirely wanting, as it likewise is 
in 2 of the 27 New Testament books, namely. 
The Acts and Second Peter. The words 
"love," "loved," "lovedst," ^^ove's" "lovest," 
"loveth," "loving," "lovingkindness," and 
^lovingkindnesses" occur, in the aggregate, 
521 times in the entire Bible, and are nearly 
equally represented in the two Testaments, 



42 Bible Wonders. 

the Old containing 266, the New 255. It 
should not be forgotten, however, that the 
Old Testament contains more than three 
fourths of all the words of which the Bible 
is composed. Even the derivatives of the 
word "love^^ are entirely wanting in 12 of 
the books of the Bible. The first epistle of 
John, consisting of 5 chapters, numbering 
105 verses and 2,523 words, contains the 
word "love" 33 times, and the several deriv- 
atives thereof 13 times. In respect of the 
radix, "love," it is the banner book of the 
Bible. The various forms of the word occur 
50 times in St. John's gospel, or 4 more 
times than in the epistle named; "love" is 
found, however, only 22 times in the former 
book, notwithstanding it contains 19,099 
words, or nearly 8 times as many as the epis- 
tle. 

The word "hate" occurs 87 times in the 
Bible, 71 times in the Old Testament and 16 
times in the N'ew. It is found in 20 of the 
39 Old Testament books and in 6 of the 
27 New Testament books. In the first 
half of the Bible it occurs 43 times, in 
the last half 44 times. The combined 
forms of the word occur in the entire 
Bible 185 times, 148 times in the Old 
Testament and 37 times in the New. Per- 



Bible Wonders. 43 

sons who are disposed to think that God's 
word is a somber revelation, "full of cursing 
and bitterness/' are requested to ponder the 
following facts and figures to the end that 
they may '^^obtain joy and gladness" before 
they go hence to return no more: Six rep- 
resentative words, "bless/' "curse/' "joy/' 
"sorrow/' "rejoice/' "weep/' together with 
their derivatives, occur, respectively, as fol- 
lows : "bless/' 522 times ; "curse/' 204 times ; 
"joy," 201 times; "sorrow," 113 times; "re- 
joice/' 284 times; "weep/' 169 times. Com- 
bined, "bless/' "joy/' and "rejoice" occur 
1,007; "curse," "sorrow/' and "weep/' 486 
times. There is gladness in this revelation. 

The words "girls" and "boys" are found 
in Zech. 8. 5. The word "girls" does not oc- 
cur elsewhere in the Bible; "boys" is found 
in Gen. 25. 27. 

The following words, 51 in number, occur 
only once each in the Bible, notwithstanding 
they are in common use in modern conversa- 
tion and literature: advocate, afternoon, ag- 
ony, anchor, ant, anvil, aunt, assist, benev- 
olence, blush, boisterous, chapel, circle, collar, 
commonwealth, doctor, Easter, eternity, exper- 
iment, ferryboat, grandmother, handwriting, 
heresy, honest}^, immortal, industrious, jest- 
ing, kingly, laud, listen, loan, merrily, mil- 



44 Bible Wonders. 

lions, misused, native, news, oration, passion, 
pastor, presbytery, providence, reverend, 
school, shuttle, spindle, sue, taxes, transla- 
tion, twinkling, visible, wagon. 



Bible Wonders. 45 

V. 
Pcctiliafities of Letters* 

The letter "f" does not occur in a single 
proper name in the Old Testament Scrip- 
tures. In the New Testament it is found 
in three proper names, and in every instance 
forms the initial letter of the word. The 
three names are Felix, Festus, and Fortu- 
natus. 

The letter "w" does not occur in the name 
of a single person or place in the Old Testa- 
ment, though it is the final letter in the two 
appellatives "Jew" and "Hebrew." It oc- 
curs in three proper names in the New Testa- 
ment, and in striking contrast with "f 
forms the final letter in every instance. The 
three names in which it is found are, An- 
drew, Bartholomew, and Matthew. These 
three names, strangely enough, are grouped 
in two instances in the same verse, namely, 
in Mark 3. 18, and in Acts 1. 13. 

The letter "q" is the initial letter of only 
one proper name in the Bible, namely, Quar- 
tus, a name which occurs only once. This 
letter is the initial of only 33 of the 12,849 
different words in the text of the Bible. Of 
the 791,328 words contained in the Bible the 
whole number beginning with "q" is exactly 



46 Bible Wonders. 

300, whereas the average number of words 
furnished by the 26 letters of the alphabet is 
30,474 each. 

"X" is not the initial letter of a single 
Bible word. 

"Y" is not the initial letter of a proper 
name in the Bible; it is the initial of 30 
common words, including plurals and pos- 
sessives. 

"Z" is the initial letter of only 3 simple 
or common words in the Bible, and 2 of 
these, the second and the third, are derived 
from the first. These are "zeal," "zealous," 
and "zealously." In marked contrast to this, 
however, is the fact that "z" is the initial 
letter of no less than 154 proper names. 

The letter "v" is the initial of five proper 
names in the Bible, namely, Vajezatha, 
Yaniah, Vashni, Vashti, and Vophsi. 

The letter "s" furnishes a greater number 
of different words to the text of the Bible 
than any other letter of the alphabet. It is 
likewise the initial letter of the greatest num- 
ber of proper names — 371. 

In some of the reference Bibles "j" "v/' 
and "w" are not used as "superior letters,'' 
that is, they do not occur in connection 
with the text to direct attention to the par- 
allel passages indicated in the reference col- 



Bible Wonders. 47 

umn. The numerals from 1 to 10, inclusive, 
are used to direct the reader's attention to 
the notes, or marginal readings. If more 
than 10 numerals are needed in a chapter, 
they are repeated from 1 upward. 

In the Eevised Version 3 additional proper 
names beginning with "v" are found. They 
are Yaheb, Vaizatha, and Vedan. Yaiza- 
tha is, however, the Vajezatha of the Author- 
ized Version, so that in reality only 2 new 



48 Bible Wonders. 

VI. 

Peculiarities of Punctuation* 

The Bible does not contain a single quo- 
tation mark; quoted passages invariably be- 
gin with capital letters. 

The longest continuous reading punctu- 
ated by commas only occurs in 1 Chron. 11. 
26-47. It embraces 21 verses, numbering 
231 words, 102 of which are proper names, 
and is marked by 53 commas. It is a cat- 
alogue of David's mighty men. There are 
42 verses in the 15th chapter of Joshua, 
namely, verses 21 to 62, inclusive, which con- 
tain 367 words without an intervening pe- 
riod. The entire paragraph is punctuated 
by 126 commas, 13 colons, 9 semicolons, and 
the closing period. 

The Bible contains one sentence that may 
be called unfinished, or incomplete. It oc- 
curs in Exod. 32. 32, and reads as follows: 
"Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — .^' 
The entire verse reads: "Yet now, if thou 
wilt forgive their sin^— ; and if not, blot me, 
I pray thee, out of thy book which thou 
hast written." This is the only instance 
where the translators seem not to have been 
disposed to complete the sense of the passage 
by the insertion of italicized words. Dr. 



Bible Wondees. 49 

Adam Clarke, the illustrious commentator, 
ingeniously inserts a comma after the word 
'Vilt," whereby the passage is made to read 
as follows: "Yet now, if thou wilt, forgive 
their sin — ;." The comma has an impor- 
tant bearing upon the text; but Dr. Clarke's 
right to introduce it may be challenged, 
since other learned commentators refrain 
from using it. Furthermore, the Kevised 
Version follows literally the rendering of the 
Authorized or King James Version. 

The greatest number of italicized words 
occurring consecutively is 9. They are found 
in 1 John 2. 23, and read as follows: ^^[huf] 
he that aclcnowledgeth the Son hath the Fa- 
ther also" Observe, moreover, that this is 
the only instance in the Bible where brack- 
ets are used. 

The title of the 18th Psalm is peculiar in 
that it is connected with the opening verse 
of the Psalm by a comma. 

The text of the International Bible is di- 
vided into 2,703 paragraphs. None of the 
epistles is paragraphed. The book of Kev- 
elation contains a single paragraphic char- 
acter, namely, before verse 15 of the 16th 
chapter. The book of Psalms has no para- 
graphic divisions. In the International edi- 
tions of the Revised Version the paragraphic 
4 



60 Bible Wondees. 

character, ''%" is not used in connection 
with the text; but while this is true, the di- 
vision of the text into paragraphs is ob- 
served, and is indicated by the "spacing." 
The epistles, moreover, share with the other 
portions of the Bible in this system. 



Bible Wonders. 61 

VII. 
Peculiarities of Expression* 

A VERY singular expression is found in 
1 Sam. 20. 12, 13. It reads as follows : "And 
Jonathan said unto David, Lord God of 
Israel, when I have sounded my father about 
to morrow any time, or the third day, and, 
behold, if there be good toward David, and 
I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee; 
the Lord do so and much more to Jonathan." 
The Revised Version relieves the passage of 
a portion of its obscurity by inserting "The" 
in place of "0 ;" so that it is made to read : 
"And Jonathan said unto David, The Lord^ 
the God of Israel, be witness; when I have 
sounded my father about this time to-mor- 
row," etc. 

A very obscurely worded passage occurs 
in connection with the narrative of Stephen's 
martyrdom in The Acts, 7. 59 : "And they 
stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and say- 
ing. Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." 

A peculiar reading occurs in Isa. 37. 36 
and in the parallel passage 2 Kings 19. 35, 
as well: "Then the angel of the Lord went 
forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians 
a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: 
and when they arose early in the morning, 



52 Bible Wonders. 

behold, they were all dead corpses/' The Ee- 
vised Version reads, "and when men arose.'' 

In Luke 9. 18 we read concerning Jesus, 
"And it came to pass, as he was alone pray- 
ing, his disciples were with him/' The Ee- 
vised Version reads, "As he was praying 
alone." 

One passage in the Bible contains a double 
negative, namely, 2 Sam. 14. 7. It reads as 
follows: "They shall quench my coal which 
is left, and shall not leave to my husband 
neither name nor remembrance upon the 
earth." The word "not" is eliminated from 
the passage in the Eevised Version. 

In Judg. 9. 53 we read: "And a certain 
woman cast a piece of a millstone upon 
Abimelech's head, and all to brake his scull." 

In Eccles. 10. 20 it is said : "Curse not the 
king, no not in thy thought; and curse not 
the rich in thy bedchamber : for a bird of the 
air shall carry the voice, and that which 
hath wings shall tell the matter." 

Akin to this statement is one in Joshua's 
farewell address to Israel (Josh. 24. 27) : 
"Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto 
us; for it hath heard all the words of the 
Lord which he spake unto us : it shall be 
therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny 
your God." 



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In Ezek. 30. 2 occurs the singular expres- 
sion, "Howl ye, Woe worth the day !" 

A peculiar expression is recorded in Jer. 
8. 21 : "I am black; astonishment hath taken 
hold on me." 

In 2 Kings 14. 8 we read : "Then Amaziah 
sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Je- 
hoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, 
Come, let us look one another in the face." 
That the expression, "Come, let us look one 
another in the face," was a challenge to 
fight, is evident from verses 9-12 of the same 
chapter. 

"The parting of the way," from which the 
common expression, "the parting of the 
ways," is borrowed, occurs in Ezek. 21. 21. 

"Stand in the gap" is found in Ezek. 22. 
30. 

'"Let us stand together^' occurs in Isa. 
50. 8. 

"Cast it to the dogs" is from Exod. 22. 31. 

"Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the 
streets of Askelon," occurs in David's lam- 
entation for Saul and Jonathan, 2 Sam. 1. 
20. 

William Lloyd Garrison's famous anath- 
ema against the system of American slavery, 
"A covenant with death and an agreement 
with hell," was borrowed from Isa. 28. 18, 



54 Bible Wonders. 

which reads : "And your covenant with death 
shall be disannulled, and your agreement 
with hell shall not stand/' 

"God came from Teman, and the Holy 
One from monnt Par an." This striking fig- 
ure of speech is from the pen of the prophet 
Habakknk, Hab. 3. 3. 

"Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth 
the flock," is a statement found in Zech. 11. 
17. The Eevised Version has "worthless'* 
instead of "idol." 



Bible Wondees. 55 

VIII. 
Peculiarities of Orthogffaphy* 

The following words, 75 in number, re- 
tain the old English form of spelling in the 
International Bibles : ancle, armour, asswage, 
aul, ax, bakemeats, bason, bishoprick, brake, 
brasen, brier, camphire, carcass, caterpiller, 
chapt, chesnut, cieled, cloke, colour, crook- 
backt, cuckow, diddest, endeavour, expences, 
favour, fetcht, folden, forborn, graff, grey, 
grej^-headed, havock, holden, holpen, honour, 
horseleach, hungred, instructer, jailor, ju- 
bile, justle, labour, licence, lothe, lunatick, 
morter, musick, nought (for naught), neigh- 
bour, ought (for anything), parlour, plais- 
ter, pluckt, pransing, pourtray, publick, rere- 
ward, rie, rigour, rumour, sackclothes, 
scull, selvedge, sergeant, shew, sodering, sope, 
spunge, stedfast, stript, succour, valour, va- 
pour, ware (for aware), wonderously. 

The possessive and the plural forms, like- 
wise derivatives, are not given, it being well 
understood that they conform to the usage. 
Some words are rendered in both the archaic 
and modern forms. Thus we have ax and 
axe; grey and gray; grey-headed and gray- 
headed; instructer and instructor; scull and 
skull; wonderously and wondrously. 



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IX. 

Peculiantics of Persons, 

Abel^ the first martyr, is thought to have 
been about 135 years of age when he was 
slain by his brother Cain. 

Cain's wife's name is unknown. After 
he "went out from the presence of the Lord'' 
his dwelling place was "the land of Nod," 
concerning which nothing is known, save 
that it "was east of Eden." His wife bore 
him a son, who* was named Enoch, not the 
man of that name who "walked with God," 
and of whom it is said, "he was not ; for God 
took him." Of Cain's death the Scriptures 
contain no record. 

Isaac was 25 years of age when he was 
offered as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah. Ja- 
cob and Esau were twins. Jacob married at 
the age of 84; Esau at 47. 

Rachel's death is recorded in the Bible, 
whereas no mention is made of Leah's death. 

David's mother's name is unknown. He 
speaks of his father and his mother in 1 Sam. 
23. 3, and shows his regard for their welfare. 

Absalom's hair, which was "polled," or 
cut, at the end of each year, weighed "two 
hundred shekels after the king's weight," or 
six and a quarter pounds avoirdupois. 



Bible Wonders. 57 

David is called "the sweet psalmist of Is- 
rael" in 2 Sam. 23. 1. 

The bedstead of the giant Og, king of 
Bashan, was of iron. "Nine cubits was the 
length thereof, and four cubits the breadth 
of it, after the cubit of a man ;" accordingly 
it was 15J feet in length and 7 feet in 
breadth, calling the cubit's length 21 inches. 

Goliath's "height was six cubits and a 
span," or about eleven feet. He was one of 
four brothers, sons of "the giant (or, as the 
margin reads, *Rapha/) of Gath." The 
names of three of the four are given, namely, 
Goliath, Sippai, and Lahmi. Of the fourth, 
who is nameless, it is said that he "was a 
man of great stature, whose fingers and toes 
were four and twenty, six on each hand, and 
six on each foot." He was slain by "Jon- 
athan the son of Shimea David's brother." 
These four Philistine warriors all perished 
at the hands of Israel's valiant men. 

Saul, the first king of Israel, was "a choice 
young man, and a goodly : and there was not 
among the children of Israel a goodlier per- 
son than he : from his shoulders and upward 
he was higher than any of the people." 

"Melchisedek king of Salem," also a 
"priest of the most high God," first men- 
tioned in Gen. 14. 18, is described as follows 



58 Bible Won^deks. 

in the 7th chapter of Hebrews : ^'Without fa- 
ther, without mother, without descent, hav- 
ing neither beginning of days, nor end of 
life ; but made like unto the Son of God." 

Jeremiah is called "the weeping prophet," 
Isaiah "the evangelical prophet," Ezekiel 
"the priestly prophet." 

Three Bible characters fasted forty days 
each, namely, Moses, Elijah, and Jesus. They 
were the representatives, respectively, of the 
Legal, the Prophetical, and the Gospel Dis- 
pensations — the three great* dispensations of 
the Bible. These three men came together 
on the occasion of Christ's transfiguration 
on Mount Hermon, the "Elias" of the New 
Testament answering to the Elijah of the 
Old. "Both Moses and Elijah had been re- 
moved from this world in a mysterious man- 
ner — the one without death, the other by 
death indeed, but so that his body followed 
not the lot of the bodies of all; . . . both 
had been on the holy mount in the visions 
of God."~Alford. 

EzekieFs name occurs only twice in the 
Bible, namely, in Ezek. 1. 3; 24. 24. This 
is somewhat remarkable in view of the length 
and importance of his prophecy. The name 
Jeremiah occurs 147 times in the Old Tes- 
tament, and 3 times in the New ; in the lat- 



Bible Wonders. 69 

ter under the Greek forms, once "Jeremias/' 
and twice "Jeremy." 

"Nachon's" is peculiar in that it is the 
only proper name that occurs only in this 
form, namely, in the possessive case. It is 
identical with "Chidon,'^ which, likewise, oc- 
curs only once. "Nachon's threshing floor," 
(2 Sam. 6. 6) and "the threshing floor of 
Chidon" (1 Chron. 13. 9) relate to the same 
place. 

John the Baptist was the last of the pre- 
Christian martyrs (Matt. 14. 10). 

Stephen was the first Christian martyr. 

James, "the brother of John" (Acts 12. 2), 
whom Herod Agrippa I put to death "with 
the sword," was the first apostolic martyr. 

Ehud, the second of the 15 judges of Is- 
rael, and the slayer of Eglon, king of Moab, 
was left-handed. 

Methuselah was the oldest man, he having 
lived to the great age of 969 years. It is an 
interesting fact that, whereas he was the old- 
est man, he died before his father. For his 
father, Enoch, "was translated that he should 
not see death; and was not found, because 
God had translated him" (Heb. 11. 5). 
Hence Methuselah was the oldest man in this 
respect, namely, that he lived on the earth 
for a longer time than any other man. 



60 Bible Wonders. 

Enoch was on the earth just as many years 
as there are days in the year. ^'All the days 
of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five 
years" (Gen. 5. 23). "And he died" is not 
appended to this statement, however, as it 
is to the biographies of his fellow-patriarchs. 

Eber lived longer than any other person 
born after the flood — 464 years (Gen. 11. 

ir). 

Moses and Aaron were brothers. Aaron 
was the older by three years. He died on 
Mount Hor at the age of 123 years (Num. 
33. 39). Moses died on Mount Nebo at the 
age of 120 years (Deut. 34. 7). 

Eehoboam was the father of 88 children. 

The obituary of Elisha the prophet com- 
prises 7 words, namely: "And Elisha died, 
and they buried him" (2 Kings 13. 20). 

John is called the apostle of love. 

Moses is called the meekest, Samson the 
strongest, Peter the impulsive, Thomas the 
doubting, Elijah the hairy, and Job the pa- 
tient, man. 

Samuel is sometimes termed "the father 
of the prophets." Moses, however, is called 
a prophet (Deut. 34. 10) ; indeed, he is the 
first and the most illustrious of the Old Tes- 
tament prophets. In Gen. 20. 7 God, speak- 
ing to Abimelech, declares concerning Abra- 



Bible Wonders. 61 

ham, 'Tie is a prophet," but this is scarcely 
more than an incidental statement. 

Hezekiah's life was lengthened fifteen 
years in answer to prayer. 

Of King Jehoram's death it is said that 
he "departed without being desired." 

Elijah's parentage and birthplace are un- 
known. He is called "a hairy man," literally, 
"a lord of hair" (2 Kings 1. 8). 

Elijah and John the Baptist, who stand 
to each other in the relation of prototype 
and antitype, were distinguished for the pe- 
culiarity and similarity of their raiment, the 
suddenness of their appearance, and their 
boldness as reformers. 

Elijah was "the grandest and most roman- 
tic character that Israel ever produced." 
The popular conception of his translation as 
expressed in the nursery song, namely, "he 
went up in a chariot of fire," is erroneous. 
"Elijah went by a whirlwind into heaven" 
(2 Kings 2. 11). 

Many noted Scripture characters are name- 
less. Among these the following are prom- 
inent : "The woman of Samaria," with whom 
Jesus conversed at Sychar (John 4. 2-26) ; 
the widow whose oil was increased by the 
prophet Elisha (2 Kings 4. 1-7) ; the Shu- 
nammite widow, whose son Elisha restored 



62 Bible Wonders. 

to life (2 Kings 4. 8-37) ; the widow of Zar- 
ephath, who fed the prophet Elijah, and 
whose "barrel of meaF' and "cruse of oil 
wasted not'' through God's providential care 
of her and her son, in accordance with his 
promise to Elijah (1 Kings 17. 9-16), and 
whose son, having died, was restored to life 
by that prophet (1 Kings 17. 17-24) ; the cer- 
tain woman who "cast a piece of a millstone 
upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his 
scuir^ (Judg. 9. 53-55) ; the "little maid" 
who "waited on Naaman's wife,^' and whose 
solicitude for her master's welfare led to 
his recovery from leprosy (2 Kings 5. 1-14) ; 
the daughter of Jairus whom Jesus restored 
to life (Mark 5. 22-43) ; the Syrophoenician 
woman whose daughter Jesus healed (Mark 
7. 25-30) ; and the "poor widow'^ who cast 
"two mites" into the temple treasury, and 
was commended by our Lord for her self- 
denial (Luke 21. 1-4). Then in the parable 
of the prodigal son all the characters are 
nameless (Luke 15. 11-32) ; the "young law- 
yer" who asked, "Good Master, what good 
thing shall I do, that I may have eternal 
life?" (Matt. 19. 16-26;) the good Samar- 
itan (Luke 10. 30-37) ; the young man who 
is mentioned in Mark 14. 51, 52 : "And there 
followed him [Jesus] a certain young man. 



Bible Wonders. 63 

having a linen cloth cast about his naked 
body; and the young man laid hold on him: 
and he left the linen cloth, and fled from 
them naked;" the man who anointed Jehu 
and who was called "a mad fellow" by Je- 
hu's companions (3 Kings 9. 1-12) ; the man 
who slew King Ahab (1 Kings 22. 34) ; the 
man who died, and whose body, being hur- 
riedly cast "into the sepulchre of Elisha," 
"revived" on touching "the bones of Elisha," 
and the man "stood up on his feet" (2 Kings 
13. 21) ; the young Amalekite who confessed 
to David that he had slain the latter's en- 
emy, Saul, and whom David caused to be 
slain for having killed "the Lord's anointed" 
(2 Sam. 1. 2-16) ; the man who stood "over 
against" Joshua, "by Jericho," with "his 
sword drawn in his hand," and who, after 
proclaiming himself "captain of the host of 
the Lord," commanded Joshua, "Loose thy 
shoe from off thy foot, for the place where- 
on thou standest is holy" (Josh. 5. 13-15). 

ISTo mention is made of Matthias after his 
selection by lot (Acts 1. 26) to the place in 
the apostolic college made vacant by the 
transgression of Judas. 

Paul declared of himself, "I am the apos- 
tle of the Gentiles" (Eom. 11. 13). 



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Glossary of Peculiar Bible Words* 

Sunday school teachers are not infre- 
quently at a loss to define certain words 
which are peculiar to the Bible, and 
which, being more or less obscure in meaning, 
are the words above all others which they 
are asked to explain. It is for this reason 
that the annexed list, embracing 88 word,s, 
39 of which occur only once in the text of 
the Bible, is inserted. The definitions are 
necessarily brief; for more extended defini- 
tions Bible dictionaries should be consulted. 
Abaddon (Rev. 9. 11), destruction^ that 

is, the destroyer. 
Aceldama (Acts 1. 19), the field of Hood. 
Alleluia (Rev. 19. 1), praise ye the Lord. 
It is the Gr. equivalent of the Heb. dox- 
ology, Hallelujah. 
Amen (Num. 5. 22), Heb. fi,rm, or, used as 
a metaphor, faithful. Christ is called 
"the Amen, the faithful witness" (Rev. 
3. 14) . It is translated "verily" in John's 
gospel. It is used to confirm the state- 
ment that precedes it, as in Psa. 41. 13 ; 
1 Cor. 14. 16, In common usage it 
has the force of "so be it," and "so I 
believe." 



Bible Wonders. 65 

AiTATHEMA MARAN--ATHA, a Gr. word sig- 
nifying accursed, the Lord cometh (1 Cor. 

16.'' 22). 

Antichrist (1 John 2. 18), a false Christ; 
a denier or opponent of Christ. 

AroLLYON (Eev. 9. 11), the equivalent of 
Abaddon (q. v.). 

Armageddon (Eev. 16. 16), the mountain of 
Megiddo; nsed symbolically, but of un- 
certain application. 

AsHTAROTH (Judg. 2. 13), plural of Ash- 
toreth; images of Ashtoreth worshiped 
by the Israelites. 

Ashtoreth (1 Kings 11. 5), a goddess of 
the Sidonians and of the Phoenicians. 

Baal (Judg. 2. 13), the supreme male divin- 
ity of the Phoenicians. 

Baalim (Judg. 2. 11), plural of Baal. 

Babel (Gen. 10. 10), Babylon; also con^ 
fusion; applied to the tower described 
in Gen. 11. 4, 5. 

Baca (Psa. 84. 6), weeping; a valley in Pal- 
estine whose location is conjectural. 

Beelzebub (Matt. 10. 25), the prince of 
devils. 

Behemoth (Job 40. 15), probably the hip- 
popotamus (see margin of the E. V.). 

Bel (Tsa. 46. 1), the national god of the 
Babylonians. 
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66 Bible Wonders. 

Belial (Deut. 13. 13), naughty (marg.) 
Ileb. sons of tvorthlessness; in the New 
Testament it is an appellative of Satan. 

Beulah (Isa. 62. 4), married. 

Boanerges (Mark 3. 17), sons of thunder; 
a name given to James and John, sons 
of Zebedee, by onr Lord. 

Calvary (Lnke 23. 33), the Gr. equivalent 
of the Heb. Golgotha (q. v.). 

Cephas (John 1. 42), a rock; a surname be- 
stowed upon Peter by our Lord. 

CriEMOSH (N"um. 21. 29), the national de- 
ity of the Moabites. (See Molech.) 

Cherubims (Gen. 3. 24; Exod. 25. 18), 
"symbols of divine attributes, that is, 
omnipotence and omniscience, not as 
representatives of actual beings, the 
cherubim should be regarded." 

Chiun (Amos 5. 26), an obscure word in- 
dicative of idolatrous practices ; possibly 
the "star of Saturn;" by some scholars 
thought to be identical with Eemphan 
(q. V.) 

CoRBAN (Mark 7. 11), a gift; an offering in 
fulfillment of a vow. 

Dagon (Judg. 16. 23), the national idol-god 
of the Philistines. 

Becapolis (Matt. 4. 25), ten cities; they 
were Abila, Canatha, Capitolias, Dium, 



Bible Wonders. 67 

Gadara, Geresa, Hippos, Pella, Phila- 
delphia, and Scythopolis. 

DiDYMUS (John 11. 16), the twin; the sur- 
name of Thomas the apostle. 

Easter (Acts 12. 4), Gr. pascha; Easter is 
identical with Passover, and is so ren- 
dered in the E. V. 

Eben-ezer (1 Sam. 4. 1), stone of help. 

Ed (Josh. 22. 34), witness; the name of an 
altar. 

El-beth-el (Gen. 35. 7), God of Bethel. 

El-elohe-Israel (Gen. 33. 20), God, the 
God of Israel. 

Eloi^ Eloi^ lama sabachthani (Mark 15. 
34), Eloi, my God; lama, why; sabach- 
thani, thou hast forsaken me. (See 
Matt. 27. 46.) 

Emmanuel (Matt. 1. 23), God with us; a 
name applied to our Lord by the apostle 
Matthew. 

Ephphatha (Mark 7. 34), he opened. 

Ephod (Exod. 28. 4), the name of a man, 
but generally used to denote a sacred 
vestment originally appropriate to the 
high priest, but later worn by ordinary 
priests. 

Epicureans (Acts 17. 18), from Epicurus, 
founder of a school of Greek philos- 
ophy; Greek philosophers. 



68 Bible Wonders. 

EuROCLYDON" (Acts 27. 14), northeast wind; 
a gale; used in describing the ship- 
wreck of Paul. 

Gabbatha (John 19. 13), elevated; called, 
likewise, "Pavement," a place outside 
the Praetorium, or Judgment Hall, and 
"from his place on which Pilate deliv- 
ered our Lord to be crucified." 

Galeed (Gen. 31. 47), a heap of witness, or 
testimony. 

Gentiles (Gen. 10. 5), foreigners; heathen 
(Neh. 5. 8), non- Jewish nations. 

Gethsemane (Matt. 26. 36), oil-press; the 
scene of our Lord's agony; a "place;" 
also called a "garden;" was near Jeru- 
salem. 

Golgotha (Matt. 27. 33), a place of a shull; 
the "vulgar name of the spot where Je- 
sus was crucified;" called also Calvar3^ 

Hamonati (Ezek. 39. 16), multitude; a 
"city" where the multitudes of Gog 
should be buried. 

Hamon-gog (Ezek. 39. 11), ravine of God's 
multitude. (See Hamonah.) 

Hebrew (Gen. 14, 13), a word of uncertain 
derivation; first applied to Abram, aft- 
erward to his descendants. The term 
"Israelites" was "subsequently used by 
the Jews of themselves, among them- 



Bible Wonders. 69 

selves/' whereas to foreigners they 
were known as "Hebrews." 

Hephzi-bah (Isa. 62. 4), my delight in her. 

HiNNOM (Josh. 15. 8), lamentation; the 
name of a valley, or ravine, to the south 
of Jerusalem where human sacrifices 
were offered to Molech ; used figuratively 
to denote the place of eternal torment. 

HosANNA (Matt. 21. 9), Heb. save, we pray; 
the shout of religious praise and glad- 
ness which greeted our Lord during his 
triumphal procession into Jerusalem. 
(SeePsa. 118. 26.) 

Immanuel (Isa. 7. 14), God ivith us; called 
Emmanuel in Matt. 1. 23. 

Jaii (Psa. 68. 4), contraction of Jehovah; 
elsewhere rendered Lord. 

Jegar-sahadutha (Gen. 31. 47), heap of 
ivitness; nearly equivalent to Galeed, 
a memorial heap of stones and pillars. 

Jehovah (Exod. 6. 3), he who hecomes. 

Jehovah-jteeh (Gen. 22. 14), Jehovah will 
see. 

Jehovah-nissi (Exod. 17. 15), Jehovah my 
banner. 

Jehovah-shalom (Judg. 6. 24), Jehovah, 
the God of peace. 

JESUS (Matt. 1. 21), that is. Saviour; the 
proper name of our Lord and Saviour, 



YO Bible Wonders. 

The Heb. "Messiah," and the Gr. equiv- 
alent, "Christ," that is, "Anointed,'' are 
the official titles of onr Lord. He was 
called "Jesus of Nazareth," and "Jesus 
the son of Joseph," to distinguish him 
from other men who bore the name of 
Jesus. 

Jew (Esth. 8. 7), Jews (2 Kings 16. 6). 
The term Jew was formed from the 
word Judah, and was restricted in its 
original application to a subject of the 
separate kingdom of Judah; later it 
came to designate all the people of the 
Hebrew language and country. 

Leviathan (Job 41. 1), probably the croc- 
odile. 

Lucifer (Isa. 14. 12), "son of the morning," 
literally, light-hringing . Used symbol- 
ically to represent the king of Babylon, 
"in his splendor and in his fall." The 
modern use of the word "as a proper 
name of the devil is plainly un- 
grounded." 

MoLECH (Lev. 18. 21), the fire-god, the tute- 
lary, or protecting deity of the Ammon- 
ites, and essentially identical with the 
Moabitish god, Chemosh. 

Nehushtan (2 Kings 18. 4), a piece of 
Irass; the name given by Hezekiah to the 



Bible Wonders. 71 

brazen serpent made by Moses in the 
wilderness, and which, nearly one thou- 
sand years thereafter, was made an ob- 
ject of worship among the Israelites. 

Passover. (See "Jewish Feasts and Fes- 
tivals.") 

Pentecost. (See "Jewish Feasts and Fes- 
tivals.") 

Ppiarisees. (See "Jewish Feasts and Fes- 
tivals.") 

Praetorium. (Mark 15. 16), called also 
"Judgment Hall;" headquarters of the 
Roman military governor. 

Publicans (Matt. 21. 32), native Jews who 
were appointed tax-gatherers under the 
Eoman government. 

Pur (Esth. 3. 7). (See under "Jewish 
Feasts and Festivals," "Purim.") 

Rabbi (Matt. 23. 7), Master, Teacher; a 
title of respect, called also "Rabboni." 

Raca (Matt. 5. 22), worthless; a term of 
reproach. 

Remphan (Acts 7. 43), an idol worshiped 
by the Israelites; thought by some to 
be identical with Chiun (Amos. 5. 26) 
(q.y.). 

Sabaoth (Rom. 9. 29), armies. 

Sadducees. (See under "Religious Classes 
among the Jews.") 



72 Bible Wonders. 

Scribes. (See under "Eeligious Classes 
among the Jews/^) 

Seraphims (Isa. 6. 2), an order of celes- 
tial beings. 

Shibboleth, Sibboleth (Jndg. 12. 6), a 
stream or flood; the test word used by 
Jephthah to distinguish the Gileadites 
from the Ephraimites. 

Stoicks (Acts 17. 18), the name of a school 
of Greek philosophers. 

Talitha cumi (M'ark 5. 41), two Syriac 
words signifying, Damsel^ arise. 

Tammuz (Ezek. 8. 14), a Syrophoenician 
god, possibly identical with the Greek 
'^x\donis.'' 

Teraphim (Judg. 17. 5), images; tera- 
phim were sometimes consulted for 
oracular answers by the Israelites and 
Babylonians. 

Tetrarch (Luke 3. 1), governor of a fourth 
part of a country; applied to Herod 
Antipas, Herod Philip, and Lysanias. 

Thummim (Exod. 28. 30), perfection; a 
mysterious word not defined in the 
Scriptures. It occurs in connection with 
Urim in every instance save one. 

TiRSHATHA (Ezra 2. 63), governor; title 
of the governor of Judea under the Per- 
sians. 



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ToPHET^ ToPHETH (Isa. 30. 33; 2 Kings 
23. 10), of uncertain meaning; a place 
"in the valley of the son of Hin- 
nom," east or southeast of, and adja- 
cent to, Jerusalem. 

Upjm (Exod. 28. 30), light; a mysterious 
word. It may denote the stones, or pos- 
sibly a single stone, or a plate of gold, 
in the high priest's breastplate, on 
which was engraved the sacred name of 
Jehovah. 



u 



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XI. 
The Revised Vefsion^ 

The following compendmm is taken from 
the "Comparative Edition" of the Eevised 
Version of the Bible, and is used by per- 
mission of the International Bible Agency, 
owners of the copyright : 

I. Numerical Summary. 

Below is an explanation of the four numeral columns 
of the subjoined tabular statement. 

Column 1 gives the number of words in the text of 
every book of the Revised Bible. The aggregate is 
792,444 words (O. T., 612,530 ; N. T., 179,914). 

Column 3 gives the number of words introduced by the 
Revisers into the text of every book. The aggregate 
is 70,772 words (O. T., 45,248 ; N. T., 25,524). 

Column 3 gives the number of y^ovA^ excluded by the Re- 
visers from the text of every book. The aggregate 
is 68,508 words (O. T. 42,611 ; N. T., 25,897). 

Column 4 shows what percentage (i. e., how many words 
in a thousand) of the text of every book is composed 
of words introduced by the Revisers. 



Genesis 

Exodus 

Leviticus 

Numbers 

Deuteronomy 

Joshua 

Judges 

Ruth 

I Samuel. . . . 

II Samuel.... 

I Kings 

II Kings 

I Chronicles. . 

II Chronicles 
Ezra 



1 


2 


3 


38,307 


1,873 


1,820 


32,662 


2,230 


2,211 


24,426 


2,146 


2,240 


32,733 


2,864 


2,931 


28,520 


2,149 


1,900 


18,935 


1,614 


1,526 


19,076 


1,318 


1,204 


2,577 


116 


106 


25,196 


1,308 


1,140 


20,708 


1,253 


1,146 


24,607 


1,269 


1,166 


23,633 


1,092 


968 


20,352 


1,592 


1,602 


26,263 


1,775 


1,571 


7,431 


477 


483 



.075 
.085 
.069 
.045 
.052 
.061 
.051 
.046 
.078 
.068 
.064 



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15 



Nehemiah 

Esther 

Job 

Psalms 

Proverbs 

Ecclesiastes 

Song of Songs 

Isaiah 

Jeremiah , . . 

Lamentations.... 

Ezekiel 

Daniel 

Hosea 

Joel 

Amos 

Obadiah 

Jonah 

Micah 

Nahum 

Habakkuk 

Zephaniah 

Haggai 

Zechariah 

Malachi 

Matthew 

Mark 

Luke 

John 

The Acts 

Romans 

I Corinthians — 

II Corinthians... 

Galatians 

Ephesians 

Philippians 

Colossians 

I Thessalonians . 

II Thessalonians 

I Timothy 

II Timothy 

Titus 

Philemon 

Hebrews .... 

James.. 

I Peter 

II Peter 

I John 

II John 

III John 

Jude 

Revelation 



10,505 


692 


664 


5,704 


320 


246 


18,315 


2,362 


2,140 


43.933 


3,668 


3,454 


15,229 


1,478 


1,282 


. 5,620 


576 


535 


2,651 


291 


259 


37,083 


3,178 


3,127 


42,960 


2,846 


2,544 


3,446 


269 


234 


39,603 


3,081 


2,866 


11,710 


910 


799 


5,211 


532 


493 


2,.021 


146 


158 


4,236 


297 


279 


653 


62 


78 


1,337 


82 


64 


3,159 


298 


290 


1,259 


122 


149 


1,460 


190 


206 


1,629 


133 


119 


1,130 


47 


47 


6,470 


447 


419 


1,780 


145 


145 


23,407 


2,513 


2,781 


14,854 


1,982 


2,288 


25,654 


3,239 


3,510 


19,007 


2,161 


2,245 


24,211 


3,673 


3.687 


9,473 


1,446 


1,392 


9,420 


1,320 


1,360 


6,174 


1,248 


1,136 


3,133 


567 


515 


3,063 


500 


457 


2,227 


403 


358 


2,004 


356 


327 


1,839 


277 


274 


1,051 


186 


157 


2,279 


442 


407 


1,619 


253 


301 


900 


168 


161 


439 


81 


72 


7,028 


1,231 


1,093 


2,306 


382 


375 


2,423 


421 


470 


1,543 


323 


331 


2,481 


251 


287 


298 


49 


49 


299 


66 


61 


631 


153 


130 


12,151 


1,833 


1,673 



.066 
.056 
.129 
.084 
.097 
.103 
.109 
.086 
.066 
.078 
.078 
.078 
.102 
.073 
.070 
.095 
.061 
.094 
.097 
.130 
.081 
.041 
.069 
.081 

.107 
133 
.126 
.114 
.150 
.153 
.140 
.202 
.181 
.163 
.181 
.178 
.151 
.177 
.194 
.156 
.187 
.185 
.175 
.166 
.173 
.209 
.101 
.164 
.221 
.243 
.15J 



V6 Bible Wonders. 



II. Miscellaneous Items. 

1. The Bible contains 1,189 chapters (O. T., 929 ; N. T., 
260). The average length of a Revised Bible chapter is 
666|- words ; of an O. T. chapter 659^ words ; of a N. T. 
chapter, 692 words ; of a Psalm, 293 words. 

2. The average length of a Bible verse is 25 i words ; of 
an 0. T. verse, 26^ words ; of a N. T. verse, 22| words. 

3. The text of the Old Testament is 77 j% per cent of 
the Revised Bible; the text of the New Testament is 
22^^ per cent of the Revised Bible. 

4. The Revised Bible contains 31,086 verses (0. T., 
23,144; N. T., 7,942). The number of verses which the 
Revisers have left verbally unchanged is 8,166— equal to 
26| per cent of the total number. The verbally un- 
changed verses of the 0. T. (= 7,295) are 31^ per cent of 
its verses ; those of the N. T. (= 871) are 11 per cent of 
its verses. The 8,166 verbally unchanged verses of both 
Testaments are numerically one in excess of the 222 
verses of Eoclesiastes added to the 7,943 verses of the 
N. T. Of the 8,166 verbally unchanged verses 815 (O. T., 
747 ; N. T., 68) have alternate renderings in the Re- 
visers' Margin. 

5. There are in the Revised Bible 866 verses (0. T., 
589; N. T., 277) which, in the text, the Revisers have 
verbally changed only by the exclusion of some word or 
words. 

6. There are 1,051 verses (O. T., 797 ; N. T., 254) which 
the Revisers have verbally changed only by the addition 
of some word or words. 

7. The words introduced into the text by the Revisers 
are equal in amount to one hundred and six average 
Bible chapters. 



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III. The Work op the Revision Companies. 

The British Company of New Testament Revisers be- 
gan its work on the 22d of June, 1870, and finished the 
same on the 11th of November, 1880. During that time 
it held 407 meetings. 

The American New Testament Revisers began their 
work October 4, 1872, and concluded it October 22, 1880. 

The British Old Testament Revision Company began 
its work June 30, 1870, and finished it June 20, 1884. 
It held 792 meetings of six hours each. 

The American Old Testament Company began its 
work October 4, 1872, and completed the same at the 
close of 1884. 

The Revised New Testament was published in May, 
1881 ; the Revised Old Testament in May, 1885. 



^8 Bible Wonders. 

XII. 
Numerical Table — Authorized Version* 

Books of the Bible, with the number of chapters, verses, and 
words which they contain, 

OLD TESTAMENT. 

BOOKS. CHAPTERS. VERSES. WORDS. 

Genesis 50 1,533 38,267 

Exodus 40 1,213 32,692 

Leviticus 27 859 24,546 

Numbers 36 1,288 32,902 

Deuteronomy 34 959 28,461 

Joshua 24 658 18,858 

Judges 21 618 18,971 

Ruth 4 85 2,578 

I Samuel 31 810 25,061 

II Samuel 24 695 20,612 

I Kings 22 816 24,524 

II Kings 25 719 23,532 

I Chronicles 29 941 20,369 

II Chronicles 36 822 26,074 

Ezra 10 280 7,441 

Nehemiah 13 406 10,483 

Esther 10 167 5,637 

Job 42 1,070 18,102 

Psalms. 150 2,461 43,743 

Proverbs 31 915 15,043 

Ecclesiastes 12 222 5,584 

Solomon's Song 8 117 2,661 

Isaiah 66 1,292 37,044 

Jeremiah 52 1,364 42,659 

Lamentations 5 154 3,415 

Ezekiel 48 1,273 39,407 

Daniel 12 357 11,606 

Hosea 14 197 5,175 

Joel 3 73 2,034 

Amos 9 146 4,217 

Obadlah 1 21 670 

Jonah 4 48 1,321 

Micah 7 105 3,153 

Nahum 3 47 1,285 

Habakkuk 3 56 1,476 

Zephaniah 3 53 1,617 

Haggai. 2 38 1,131 

ZacTiariah \\ 211 6,444 

Malachi 4 55 1,782 

Old Testament 929 23,144 610,677 



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10 



NEW TESTAMENT. 



BOOKS. CHAPTERS. 

St. Matthew 28 

St. Mark 16 

St. Luke 24 

St. John 21 

The Acts 28 

Komans 16 

I Corinthians 16 

II Corinthians 13 

Galatians 6 

Ephesians 6 

Philippians 4 

Colossians 4 

I Thessalonians 5 

II Thessalonians 3 

ITimothy 6 

II Timothy 4 

Titus 3 

Philemon 1 

Hebrews 13 

James 5 

I Peter 5 

II Peter 3 

I John 5 

IlJohn 1 

IllJohn 1 

Jude 1 

Revelation 22 

New Testament 260 

Old Testament 929 

Total 1,189 



VERSES. 


WORDS. 


1,071 


23,684 


678 


15,171 


1,151 


25,944 


879 


19,098 


1,007 


24,250 


433 


9,447 


437 


9,489 


257 


6,092 


149 


3,098 


155 


3,039 


104 


2,202 


95 


1,998 


89 


1,857 


47 


1,042 


113 


2,269 


83 


1,703 


46 


921 


25 


445 


303 


6,913 


108 


2,309 


105 


2,482 


61 


1,559 


105 


2,523 


13 


303 


14 


299 


25 


613 


404 


12,000 


7,957 


180,751 


23,144 


610,577 



31,101 



791,328 



80 Bible Wonders. 

XIIL 
Miscellaneous Facts^ 

The two pillars which were erected "be- 
fore^' or in the porch of Solomon's temple 
were called Jachin and Boaz. Jachin, sig- 
nifying "he shall establish," was reared on 
the right ; Boaz, meaning "in it is strength/' 
on the left. 

The shortest song in the Bible consists of 
29 words, and is recorded in Num. 21. 17, 
18, 

The spies who were sent by Moses to 
"search the land of Canaan," twelve in num- 
ber, were taken from the tribes of Israel, 
from each tribe a man, reckoning Manasseh 
and Ephraim two tribes. There was no one 
selected from Levi, the priestly tribe. The 
names of these twelve spies were, Shammua, 
Shaphat, Caleb, Igal, Oshea (Joshua), Palti, 
Gaddiel, Gaddi, Ammiel, Sethur, Nahbi, and 
Geuel (Num. 13. 2-15) . In the Revised Ver- 
sion Oshea is rendered Hoshea. 

The New Testament contains quotations 
from 32 of the 39 Old Testament books. The 
7 books from which no extracts are taken 
are, Ruth, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Solo- 
mon's Song, The Lamentations of Jeremiah, 
and Ezekiel. 



Bible Wonders. 81 

The Bible contains 2 fables. The first, of 
which ' Jotham, the youngest son of Zerub- 
baal, is the author, is that of the trees choos- 
ing their king (Judg. 9. 8-15), and is said 
by Dr. Adam Clarke to be "the oldest, and 
without exception the best, fable or apologue 
in the world." The second, the author of 
which is Jehoash, one of the kings of Israel, 
is that of the cedar and the thistle of Leb- 
anon (2 Kings 14. 9). 

The "fiery serpent," or "serpent of brass," 
which Moses made and put "upon a pole" 
for the healing of the Israelites who had been 
bitten (N'um. 21. 6-8) was preserved, and 
became an object of worship by the people, 
who called it "Nehushtan," or, as the margin 
reads, "a piece of brass." It was destroyed 
by the good King Hezekiah (2 Kings 18. 4). 
It was made B. C. 1452, and, strangely 
enough, was destroyed B. C. 726, or 726 
years later. 

"A Sabbath day's journey" (Acts 1. 12) 
was fixed at 2,000 paces, or about 6 fur- 
longs (three fourths of a mile) from the 
wall of the city. It corresponded to the space 
to be kept between the ark and the people 
(Josh. 3. 4) in the wilderness. 

The miracles of our Lord, as recorded in 
the gospels, are 33 in number; the parables, 
6 



82 Bible Wonders. 

30. This is based upon Dean Trench's enu- 
meration. Concerning the number of the 
parables, it may be observed that some writ- 
ers extend the list to 50. The term "par- 
able" has a wide range of application; 
accordingly, the number of the parables con- 
tained in the gospels varies in accordance 
with the determination of the question, 
"What constitutes a parable?" 

Only 27 persons are mentioned by name 
in the Bible from the creation to the flood, 
or during a period of 1,656 years, B. C. 
4004-23-18. Of this number, 23 were males 
and. 4 were females. The males are, Adam, 
Cain, Abel, Enoch, Irad, Mehujael, Methu- 
sael, Lamech, Jabal, Jubal, Tubal-cain, Seth, 
Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, 
Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem, Ham, and 
Japheth. The females are. Eve, Adah, Zil- 
lah, and Kaamah. 

The average number of words in a chap- 
ter in the Bible is 6651 

The average number of words in a verse 
is 254. 

The average number of verses in a chap- 
ter is 26^. 

The first book of Kings contains the great- 
est number of words to the chapter of any 
book in the Bible, namel}^, 1,1 14J. 



Bible Wonders. 83 

St. Mark contains the greatest average 
number of verses to the chapter of any book 
in the Bible, namely, 421. 

Paradise was understood by the Jewish 
Church to designate "the blessed section of 
Hades, or the intermediate state between 
death and the resurrection." In addition 
to its use by our Lord (Luke 23. 43) in this 
sense, it occurs twice in apocalyptic passages 
(2 Cor. 12. 13; Eev. 2. 7), where it sym- 
bolizes the eternal blessedness of the saints. 

The "cities of refuge," six in number, to 
which the homicide might flee for safety 
from the "blood avenger" were Hebron, Ke- 
desh, Shechem, Bezer, Golan, and Eamoth- 
gilead. They were Levitical cities, and 
were situated the first three west, the last 
three east, of the river Jordan. 

Sarah, the wife of the patriarch Abraham, 
was remarkable for her beauty. The sig- 
nification of the name Sarah is "princess." 

The term "patriarch" means the "head" 
or "prince" of a tribe. In a general sense 
it is applied to the heads of families — "the 
fathers" — who lived before the time of Mo- 
ses. They belong to two periods, the ante- 
diluvian and the postdiluvian, or the pe- 
riods before and after the deluge. It is 
applied to David, however. Acts 2. 29, and 



84 Bible Wonders. 

to Abraham, Heb. 7. 4. The twelve sons of 
Jacob are called patriarchs in Acts 7. 8. 

Seven trees are prominently associated 
with Bible history, namely, the olive, the fig, 
the sycamore, the pomegranate, the balsam, 
the palm,. and the oak. 

Nazarites belonged to either sex. They 
were bound by "a peculiar oath to be set 
apart for the service of God." They were 
of two classes, "Nazarites of days" and "Naz- 
arites for life." Three Nazarites for life 
are mentioned in Bible history, namely, 
Samson, Samuel, and John the Baptist. 
The oath of Nazarites for life was made 
by the parents before the birth of the child. 

Six rivers are celebrated in Bible history, 
namely, the Pison, the Gihon, the Hid- 
deke], the Euphrates, the N'ile, and the Jo-^- 
dan. The first four are identified with the 
narrative of the garden of Eden. 

Seven mountains are conspicuous in con- 
nection with Bible scenes and events, name- 
ly, Ararat, Hermon, Hor, Lebanon, N'ebo. 
Pisgah, and Sinai. 

The shew bread mentioned first in Exod. 
25. 80 is literally "bread of the face," bread 
through which God is spiritually discerned, 
and was kept within the ark of the cov- 
enant in the tabernacle upon a table made of 



Bible Wonders. 85 

acacia wood overlaid with pure gold. Twelve 
loaves, answering to the twelve tribes of Is- 
rael, were required to be kept there. They 
remained from one Sabbath till the next, 
when they were replaced by freshly baked 
loaves. They were placed in two rows of 
six loaves in each, and were sprinkled with 
incense. At the end of the week the in- 
cense \ras burned and the loaves were eaten 
by the priests in the Holy Place. "Bread is 
the symbol of life and nourishment,'' and 
the eating of the shew bread, like the partak- 
ing of the bread in the sacrament of the 
Lord's Supper, may have suggested the nour- 
ishing of the soul through feeding upon God 
by faith. 

The following may be of service in en- 
abling the Bible student to fix in his mind 
the number of books in the Bible : 

The square of the tens figure in the number 
of the Old Testament books is the unit figure 
of the same number. The product of the two 
digits — 3 and 9 (using the St. Andrew's cross 
[X] as the mathematical symbol) — is the 
number of books in the New Testament — 
27. The sum of the two numbers — 39 and 
27 (using the ordinary cross [+•] as symbol) 
— is the total number of books in the entire 
Bible— 66. 



86 Bible Wonders. 

XIV. 

Obsolete and Ambi§:uous Words and 
Phrases. 

The following list of words and phrases, 
65 in number, are obsolete or ambiguous in 
their meaning. In most instances their first 
occurrences are indicated : 

WOKD. OCCUKREKCE. DEFINITION. 

Agone 1 Sam. 30. 13 Ago. 

All-to-brake Judg. 9. 53 Altogether. 

Ambassage Luke 14. 32 Embassy. 

Asswage Gen. 8. l To subside. 

Astonied Job 17. 8 Astonished. 

Attent 2 Chron. 6. 40 Attentive. 

Away with Isa. 1. 13 Endure. 

Bestead Isa. 8. 21 Beset with difficulties. 

Bewrayeth Matt. 26. 73 Accuse th. 

Bosses Job 15. 26 Ornaments. 

Botch Deut. 28. 27 A boil. 

Brigandine Jer. 46. 4 Coat of mail. 

Broided l Tim. 2. 9 Braided 

By and by Luke 21. 9 Immediately. 

Cankerworm Joel l. 4 Caterpillar. 

Chapt Jer. 14. 4 Cracked. 

Charger Num. 7. 13 A platter. 

Chode Gen. 31. 36 Did chide. 

Collops . Job 15. 27 Slices of meat. 

Companies Isa. 57. 13 Babble of idols. 

Dehcates Jer. 51. 34. Delicacies. 

Dureth Matt. 13. 21 Endureth. 

Emerods Deut. 28. 27 The piles. 

Endamage Ezra 4. 13 Damage, injure. 

Fitches Isa.28.25 Spelt. 

J ovborn Jer. 51. 30 Forborne. 

I orsomuch Luke 9. 9 Forasmuch. 

Habergeon Job 41. 26 Coat of mail. 

Sl,^.- -,- 9®?- ^-^^ Neuter, possessive its. 

goised Acts 27. 40 Hoisted. 

gl??.®"- H ?/r^°.;^; o^^; stockings and trousers. 

Hungred Matt. 12. l Hungry. 

f easing psa. 42. 2 Falslhood. 

Lees Isa. 25. 6 Dregs. 

^ol'^l?^^^ I ^*f^o^- 22-5 Magnificent. 

5Jf"|Jes Ezek 47.11 Marshes. 

Minish Exod. 5. 19 Diminish. 



Bible Wonders. 87 



WORD. OCCURRENCE. DEFINITION. 

Neesings Job 41. 18 Sneezings. 

Noisome Psa. 91. 3 Pestilential. 

Or ever Psa. 90. 2 Before. 

Ouches Exod. 28. 11 Settings for stones. 

Phylacteries Matt. 23. 5 Charms. 

Pilled Gen. 30. 37 Peeled, stripped of barl?. 

Pressfat Hag. 2. 16 Wine vat. 

Prevent 1 Thess. 4. 15 To precede. 

Prised Zech. 11. 13 Apprised. 

Ravin Gen. 49. 27 Capture spoil. 

Scrabbled 1 Sam. 21. 13 Scrawled, scratched. 

Seethe Exod. 16. 23 To boil. 

Shroud Ezek. 31. 3 Shelter of a tree. 

Sith .Ezek. 35. 6 Since. 

Sod Gen. 25. 29 Boiled, seethed. 

Strake, Acts 27. 17 Past tense of to strike. 

Strakes Gen. 30. 37 Streaks. 

Strawed Exod. 32. 20 Scattered. 

Strowed 2 Chron. 34. 4 Strewed or scattered. 

Tabering Nah. 2. 7 Beating as on a drum. 

Taches Exod. 26. 6 Fastenmgs. 

Throughly Gen. 11.3 Thoroughly. 

Tire Ezek. 24. 17 Adornment. 

Unperfect Psa. 139. 16 Imperfect. 

Ware Acts 14.6 Aware. 

Whiles Ezek. 21. 29 Meanwhile. 

Wist. Exod. 16. 15 Knew. 

Wotteth Gen. 39. 8 Knoweth. 



XV. 
Wonders of Chronologfy^ 

The period from the Creation to tlie 
Christian era is 4,000 years. In the middle 
of this period stands Abraham, 2,000 years 
from Adam, 2,000 years before Christ. He 
also divides the period from the Flood to the 
Exode, 8G0 j^ears, into two equal parts : from 
the Flood, 2446 B. C, to the Promise, Gen. 



88 Bible Wonders. 

15, 2016 B. C, are 430 years; from this to 
the Exode, 1586 B. C, are also 430 years. 
This period again is bisected,, or nearly so, 
by Jacob's Descent into Egypt. From the 
Promise, 2016 B. C, to the Descent, 1803 
B. C, are ^13 ; from the Descent to the Ex- 
ode, 217. From Joshua to Samnel, the The- 
ocracy; 1546—1096 = 450; from David to 
the Bab^donish Captivity — the Monarchy — 
1056—606 = 450. The Theocracy and the 
Monarchy were exactly eqnal. Add to this 
period of 450 years that of Samuel and 
Saul, 40 years, during which time also Je- 
hovah was disowned as king in Israel, and 
the sum 490 =- 70 x 7. That is the 70 years 
of the Captivity, during which time the land 
had rest and kept her Sabbaths, is exactly 
equal to the 70 sabbatical years of the revolt 
from Jehovah's rule over Israel. The Mosaic 
Dispensation from the Exode, 1586, to the 
burning of the second temple, A. D. 70 = 
1656, is exactly the period before the Flood. 
So also the period from the Creation to the 
Promise, 1656 + 430 = 2086, is exactly par- 
allel to that from the Promise to the end 
of the Mosaic Dispensation; to the Exode 
430, +1656 from that time to the burning 
of the temple, =2086. 



Bible Wonders. 89 



PART II. 



The Study of the Bible* 

The Bible is at once the oldest and in- 
comparably the grandest classic in the world. 
It is found in every enlightened home in 
Christendom. It is the universal text-book. 
The boundless resources of its divine knowl- 
edge and wdsdom are alike accessible to the 
young and the aged. Why, then, are so few 
persons thoroughly conversant with its sub- 
lime literature? It cannot be said that its 
teachings are valueless; for it is the only 
guidebook to two worlds. It cannot be af- 
firmed that its literature is dull and uninter- 
esting. Only persons who never read it thus 
testify. For uniqueness of expression, beauty 
of style, and picturesqueness of description 
the book of Genesis alone challenges compar- 
ison with any production in ancient or mod- 
em literature. Ponder the influence of the 



90 Bible Wonders. 

Bible upon, and the estimation in which it 
is held by, the common people in one of the 
movst desolate portions of the globe: "The 
Bible is the companion of the Icelander's 
lamp; and, indeed, Iceland does illustrate 
how the Bible possesses the power to make 
life tolerable, and even charming, in the most 
adverse, not to say even wretched, circum- 
stances. It is often not till near midnight 
that the sacred readings begin. They read 
the Psalms; they sing — the whole family 
joining in devotions. So the morning devo- 
tions are performed by the lamp. When the 
Icelander awakes he salutes no person till he 
has saluted God. He usually hastens to the 
door, and adores there the Author of his be- 
ing ; then steps to the house and says to the 
family, ^God grant you a good day.^ " 

Archaeology and biography, history and 
poetr}^, proverb and prophecy, philosophy 
and theology — these are among the subjects 
that adorn and enrich the pages of this im- 
perial volume. "The poems of earth strike 
their chimes into this canto, and the beauty 
of the universe blossoms in this royal flower, 
and the charm of river and lake and sea is 
hung in this crystal." 

Undoubtedly the very vastness of the vol- 
ume deters many from undertaking its study. 



Bible Wonders. 91 

They imagine that in order to enjoy the 
book one must master its contents. Then the 
grouping of sixty-six books into one volume 
seems to augment the difficulty of compre- 
hending its teachings. For, notwithstand- 
ing the fact that these books are correlated, 
and that each really forms a constituent por- 
tion of the body of divine revelation, the Bible 
is not a continuous story: diligent study and 
the comparing of Scripture with Scripture 
are therefore essential to even a partial com- 
prehension of the volume. Then some per- 
sons excuse their neglect of the Bible on the 
ground that the book is antiquated. Of this 
objection it may be said that it is generally 
specious. That the phraseology of the 
Scriptures is unique is admitted. So strik- 
ing is this feature that the source of a quota- 
tion from the Bible, be it never so brief, in a 
book, a newspaper, or, indeed, in any form 
of composition, cannot but be recognized by 
any person of ordinary intelligence. This 
very uniqueness, however, instead of dimin- 
ishing the charm of the sacred Scriptures, 
constitutes in the estimation of the most dili- 
gent students of the Bible one of its supreme 
fascinations. A well-known author observes: 
"It is a habit of mine to read the Bible when 
much perturbed. The solemn,- majestic 



92 Bible Wonders. 

march of the measured words seldom fails to 
restore my tranquillity." 

To the young the author would say. 
Cultivate a love for the Holy Scriptures 
by a systematic course of daily reading of 
the sublime truths which they hold in trust 
for you. "Search the Scriptures'^ not in a 
captious or cynical spirit, but devoutly, 
prayerfully, with a settled determination to 
profit by their teachings. "Eeceive with 
meekness the ingrafted word, which is able 
to save your souls." Converse with others 
upon what you read, and it will not be very 
long ere you shall testify with the psalmist, 
"The law of thy mouth is better unto me 
than thousands of gold and silver." Famil- 
iarity with the Bible is a liberal education. 
Better still, it is the bulwark of the soul in 
times of temptation and peril. "Wherewith- 
al shall a 5^oung man cleanse his way? By 
taking heed thereto according to thy word." 



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II. 

The Bible: History of, Versions, Divisions 
into Chapters and Verses* 

The word Bible is the anglicized form of 
the Greek word Bl(3Xo^, book. The word Bi- 
ble does not occur in the text of the Holy 
Scriptures. Among the terms employed by 
the sacred writers to designate the collec- 
tion of books which we call "the Bible" are 
these: The Scriptures, The Holy Scrip- 
tures; The Word; The Word of Truth; The 
Law and the Prophets; The Old and New 
Testaments. The Jews called the Old Tes- 
tament "the Law/' "the Prophets/' and "the 
Writings." 

The translations and the versions of the 
Bible bear the following titles : I. The "Sep- 
tuagint," or seventy, so called because tra- 
dition affirmed that the translation was 
made by seventy men from the Hebrew to the 
Greek language, about 285 B. C. This trans- 
lation was, of course, of the Old Testament 
only. 2. The "Peshito," or literal This 
translation, embracing both the Old and New 
Testaments, was made in the first century of 
the Christian era, for the Syrian Christians. 
3. The Vulgate, or vulgus. This transla- 
tion of both the Old and New Testaments 



94 Bible Wonders. 

into Latin for the "common people/' as the 
title indicates, was made about the year 400 
A. D. It is the standard Bible of the Eoman 
Catholic Church. It was the first book ever 
printed. 4. The "Authorized Version" of the 
Holy Scriptures — the English translation 
otherwise known as "the King James Bible," 
and that which is now in common use — was 
undertaken in 1607, and first published in 
1611. The Ee vised Version of the King 
James Bible, "set forth A. D. 1611," was 
published in 1881. This is a revision of the 
translation called the "Authorized Version," 
and not a new translation. 

In A. D. 1250 the Holy Scriptures were 
divided into chapters by Cardinal Hugo de 
Sancto Caro. The division into verses, as 
we find the arrangement to-day, was made 
about the year 1550 by Eobert Stevens, a 
printer of Paris, who 'executed the task while 
making a horseback journey from Lyons to 
Paris. In 1557 the first versified New Testa- 
ment in English was published. This was 
followed in 1560 by the publication of the 
entire Bible in this form. 



Bible Wo^tdeks. 95 

III. 

Books of the Bible Classified* 

The Bible contains 66 books, 39 of which 
belong to the Old Testament and 27 to the 
New. 

Old Testament Books. 

The Old Testament books are classified as 
follows : 

Pentateuch. The Pentateuch comprises, 
as the word implies, 5 books. They are, Gen- 
esis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deu- 
teronomy. 

Historical. This group consists of 13 
books, namel}^, Joshua, Judges, Euth, First 
Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, Sec- 
ond Kings, First Chronicles, Second Chron- 
icles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. 

Poetical. The poetical books, 5 in num- 
ber, are. Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, 
and The Song of Solomon. 

Prophetical. This group embraces 17 
books, 5 of which are termed the "Greater," 
and 12 the "Minor," prophets. The Greater 
prophets are, Isaiah, Jeremiah, The Lamen- 
tations of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. 
The Minor prophets are, Hosea, Joel, Amos, 
Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, 
Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. 



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New Testament Books. 

The New Testament books are classified 
as follows: 

Historical. The historical books, 5 in 
mimber, are, St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. 
Lnke, St. John, and The Acts. 

Epistles. This group comprises 21 sep- 
arate compositions, of which number 14 are 
termed ^^Pauline,^' and 7 "General,^' or 
"Catholic," Epistles. The Pauline Epistles, 
so called from Paul the apostle, to whom 
their authorship is ascribed, are, Eomans, 
First Corinthians, Second Corinthians, 
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossi- 
ans. First Thessalonians, Second Thessalo- 
nians. First Timothy, Second Timothy, Ti- 
tus, Philemon, and Hebrews. The General 
Epistles are, James, First Peter, Second 
Peter, First John, Second John, Third John, 
and Jude. 

Three of the Pauline Epistles, namely. 
First Timothy, Second Timothy, and Titus, 
are termed "Pastoral" Epistles. 

Prophetical. The one prophetical book 
is Eevelation. 

The book of Eevelation is sometimes 
called the ^' Apocalypse'^ The word Apoc- 
alypse does not occur in the English Bible. 



Bible Wonders. 97 

It is a Greek word and is the equivalent of 
the Latin '"revelare," to uncover or nnveil, 
and is rendered "revelation" in Eom. 2. 5, 
and elsewhere in the New Testament. The 
word "revelation'^ does not occur in the Old 
Testament, though reveal, revealed, revealer, 
and revealeth are of frequent occurrence 
therein. The word "revelation" is found 
12 times in the N"ew Testament. In com- 
menting Tipon the first two paragraphs of 
Eevelation, Dr. Whedon tersely observes: 
"In modem style the first three verses would 
have been printed on a first title-page, with 
verse 3 for the author's motto, and with 
names of publishers at bottom. Verses 4-8 
are the dedication, namely, to the seven 
churches. At verse 9 begins the Apocalypse 
proper." 
7 



98 Bible Wondehs. 

IV. 
Passagfes of Scripture Usually Misquoted. 

To misquote or garble the words of an 
author is justly regarded as an offense against 
both culture and justice. And yet very many 
persons who disdain to quote a sentiment 
from Shakespeare incorrectly do not hesitate 
to commit this offense against the sacred 
writers, notwithstanding the fact . that the 
real meaning of the Scriptures is in many 
instances seriously perverted thereby. Among 
the examples that follow the first strikingly 
illustrates the truthfulness of this state- 
ment : 

"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow 
me all the days of my life" (Psa. 23. 6). 
This passage is usually quoted "have fol- 
lowed me," instead of "shall follow me." 
The 23d Psalm is preeminently one of ex- 
perience and trust. "The Lord is my shep- 
herd" is an expression of experience; "I 
shall not want" is one of trust. Throughout 
the text of the Psalm these sentiments alter- 
nate until we read, "my cup runneth over;" 
and out of this experience of God's favor 
bursts forth from the psalmist's heart and 
lips the joyful song of trust, "Surely good- 
ness and mercy shall follow me all the days 



Bible Wonders. 99 

of my life." Accordingly, to say "have fol- 
lowed me" is to convert a sublime expression 
of trust in God for future good into a sim- 
ple recognition of his blessings in the past. 
The wickedest person in the world can ren- 
der the latter acknowledgment to God, 
whereas only the godly man can truthfully 
affirm his unwavering faith in the continu- 
ance of God's "goodness and mercy." 

"I keep under my body, and bring it into 
subjection" (1 Cor. 9. 27). "I keep my body 
under" is generally made to take the place 
of the true reading. 

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are 
heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matt. 
11. 28). The words "are weary" are gener- 
ally substituted for "labour" by persons who 
quote this sublime promisory invitation of 
our Lord. 

"Wherefore if meat make my brother to 
offend, I will eat no flesh while the world 
standeth" (1 Cor. 8. 13). The substitution 
of the word "meat" for "flesh" in this pas- 
sage is the universal practice. 

"The heart knoweth his own bitterness" 
(Prov. 14. 10). The pronoun "his" is in- 
variably displaced by "its" in the current 
rendering of this passage. If we reflect that 
the word "its" occurs only once among the 



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words, numbering nearly 800,000, in the Bi- 
ble, we may be spared the mortification of 
being told that we have misquoted Scripture, 
in more instances than one. 

"I know whom I have believed" (2 Tim. 

1. 12). This is usually quoted "I know in 
whom," etc. 

"He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth 
unto the Lord" (Prov. 19. 17). This pas- 
sage is almost invariably quoted, "He that 
giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord." 

"Abstain from all appearance of evil." 
"Avoid the very appearance of evil" is the 
customary rendering of this sentiment. 

"Write the vision, and make it plain upon 
tables, that he may run that readeth it"(Hab. 

2. 2). Scarcely a day passes that one does 
not read a garbled rendering of this graphic 
passage in current literature. It is usually 
quoted, "He who" (or "that") "runs may 
read," as though one might read while run- 
ning, whereas the "vision" was intended for 
a warning; the reading of it as a signal to 
flee for one's life — to seek a place of shelter 
and safety. 

"He that spareth his rod hateth his son." 
(Prov. 13. 24). This is invariably quoted, 
"He that spareth the. rod," etc. 

"In the beginning God created the heaven 



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and the earth" (Gen. 1. 1). This well-known 
passage is usually quoted "heavens" for 
"heaven." 

"The chief est among ten thousand" (Cant. 
6. 10). To this passage is nearly always add- 
ed the words "and the one altogether lovely." 
Suffice it to say that this reading does not 
occur in the Bible. The nearest approach 
to it is found in Cant. 5. 16, which reads, 
"he is altogether lovely." 

"The liberal deviseth liberal things, and 
by liberal things shall he stand" (Isa. 32. 8). 
This is usually quoted, "The liberal man," 
etc. 

"Though I walk through the valley of the 
shadow of death, I will fear no evil" (Psa. 
23. 4). The usual rendering of this passage 
is, "the valley and the shadow of death." 

"'Where two or three are gathered togeth- 
er in my name, there am I in the midst of 
them" (Matt. 18. 20). Who is there that 
has not heard this beautiful promise garbled 
by being quoted, "are met together in my 
name, there am I in the midst, and that to 
bless?" 

"Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither 
have entered into the heart of man, the 
things which God hath prepared for them 
that love him" (1 Cor. 2. 9). The varia- 



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tions of this passage which one hears are too 
numerous to be cited in this connection. It 
may be said, however, that after the words 
'^the heart of man^' the words "to conceive" 
are almost invariably added. Further than 
this, the passage is generally referred to as 
applying to the provision which God has 
made "for them that love him" in the future 
life, whereas the succeeding context clearly 
dispels this allusion. 

"The way of transgressors is hard" (Prov. 
13. 15). The usual rendering of this pas- 
sage is, "the way of the transgressor is hard." 

"Thou art of purer eyes than to behold 
evil, and canst not look on iniquity" (Hab. 
1. 13). As a rule, there is appended to this 
passage the phrase, "with any degree of al- 
lowance." 

"And an highway shall be there, and a 
way, and it shall be called The way of holi- 
ness ; the unclean shall not pass over it ; but 
it shall be for those : the wayfaring men, 
though fools, shall not err therein," (Isa. 35. 
8). This beautiful passage is seldom cor- 
rectly quoted; the last clause is not infre- 
quently added to various passages of Scrip- 
ture, and is nearly always rendered "need 
not" for "shall not." 



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V. 

Palestine— Boundaries, Extent, and 
Divisions, 

The word Palestine occurs only once in 
the Bible (Joel 3. 4) ; Palestina, three times 
(Exod. 15. 14; Isa. 14. 29, 31). In every 
instance the Hebrew is Pelesheth, a word 
which is translated "Philistia," or "Phi- 
listines." In modern usage "Palestine" and 
"the Holy Land" are used synonymously. 
The latter term, mentioned in Zech. 2. 
12, is comprehensive of a much larger 
area of territory than "Philistia," or "the 
land of the Philistines," embraced. The 
"Holy Land," or "Land of Promise," em- 
braces territory on the east of the Jordan, 
as well as on the west, whereas some 
writers limit the application of the word Pal- 
estine to the country bounded on the east by 
the river Jordan, on the west by the Medi- 
terranean Sea, and extending from Dan on 
the north to Beer-sheba on the south. 

The territory included in the promise to 
Abraham (Gen. 12. 7; 13. 14, 15) is after- 
ward described as follows: "Unto thy seed 
have I given this land, from the river of 
Egypt unto the great river, the river 
Euphrates" (Gen. 15. 18). More definite 



104 Bible Wonders. 

still is the promise: "I will set thy bounds 
from the Eed Sea even unto the sea of the 
Philistines [the Mediterranean], and from 
the desert [of Sinai] unto the river" (Exod. 
23. 31) ; that is, to the river Euphrates. 

Still another description and one of more 
limited apijlication is recorded in Num. 31. 
1-13. Later the boundaries of the territory 
allotted to the twelve tribes of Israel are 
described in Num. 32 and in Josh. 13. 8-32. 
and likewise in chapters 15 and 18. Pales- 
tine is bounded as follows: On the north by 
Syria, on the east and south by Arabia, and 
on the west by the Mediterranean Sea. In 
extent Palestine is about 140 miles in length, 
and in breadth about 70 miles on the south 
and 40 on the north. 

Four historic periods mark the political 
geography of Palestine: 1. From its orig- 
inal settlement to the "conquest of Ca- 
naan," 470 years. 2. From the conquest to 
the establishment of the divided monarchy, 
476 years. 3. From the establishment of 
the divided monarchy to the restoration of 
the kingdom of Judah from captivity in 
Babylon, 566 years. 4. From the restoration 
of Judah to the destruction of Jerusalem 
by Titus (A. I>. 70), 490 years. 

At the commencement of the Christian 



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era Palestine was divided into three prov- 
inces, namel}^, Judea, the most southerly; 
Samaria, the middle; Galilee/ the most 
northerly, all on the west of the Jordan, and 
Perea on the east. The division of the terri- 
tory west of the Jordan into the three prov- 
inces named was made in the time of the 
Maccabees. 

In the year B. C. 47 Antipater became 
procurator of Judea by appointment of the 
Eoman Emperor, Julius Caesar. He made 
Herod, later known as "Herod the Great," 
one of his four sons, procurator of Galilee. 
Four years later, B. C. 43, Herod was made 
procurator of Judea. In B. C. 37 he became 
"supreme ethnarch of the whole of Pales- 
tine." It was in his reign, Cassar Augustus 
being the Eoman Emperor, that Christ was 
born. During Jesus's ministry Judea and 
Samaria were governed by a Eoman proc- 
urator, who had the power of life and death, 
while Galilee was governed, under the au- 
thority of the Eomans, by Herod Antipas, a 
son of Herod the Great, with the title of 
"tetrareh." 



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VI. 
The Jud§:es of Israel* 

After the death of Joshua (B. C. 1426) 
the Israelites were under the rule of certain 
elders (Judg. 2. 7) for a period of about 24 
years, or until B. C. 1402. They then be- 
came subject to Chushan-rishathaim, king of 
Mesopotamia, whom they served for 8 years. 
From his dominion they were delivered (B. 
C. 1394) by Othniel, Caleb's younger broth- 
er (Judg. 3. 9), of whom it is said, "and he 
judged Israel.^' This was the beginning of 
the rule of the judges, a form of government 
which obtained for about 299 years (B. C. 
1394-1095), or from Othniel's rule to the 
coronation of Saul. These judges were 15 
in number; their names, given in the order 
of their service, were, (1) Othniel, (2) 
Ehud, (3) Shamgar, (4) Deborah and Ba- 
rak (a joint administration), (5) Gideon, 
(6) Abimelech, (7) Tola, (8) Jair, (9) 
Jephthah, (10) Ibzam, (11) Elon, (12) 
Abdon, (13) Samson, (14) Eli, (15) Sam- 
uel. 



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YII. 
The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah* 

Saul was the first king over all Israel. 
He was anointed by the prophet Samuel, 
B. C. 1095. He was succeeded by David, who 
was made king of Judah, B. C. 1056, and 
afterward, B. C. 1049, of the twelve tribes. 
At his death, B. C. 1016, Solomon, his son, 
was anointed king. He in turn was suc- 
ceeded by Eehoboam, his son, B. C. 976, 
from whom ten tribes revolted and, under 
Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite 
of Zereda, Solomon's servant, organized what 
was thereafter known as the kingdom of Is- 
rael. The revolting tribes were, Ephraim 
and Manasseh, Issachar, Zebulun, Asher, 
Naphtali, Benjamin, Dan, Simeon, Gad, and 
Eeuben (1 Kings 12. 1-20). "But as for the 
children of Israel which dwelt in the cities 
of Judah, Eehoboam reigned over them" 
(1 Kings 12. 17). Thus Eehoboam became 
the first king of Judah. 

Almost immediately after the revolt of the 
ten tribes Eehoboam "assembled all the house 
of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an 
hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, 
which were warriors, to fight against the 
house of Israel" (1 Kings 12. 21) with the 



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hope that he might subdue them to his con- 
trol ; the plan was abandoned, however, Ben- 
jamin alone being added to Judah. Sub- 
sequently many of the priests and Levites 
who were expelled from Israel likewise be- 
came the allies of the kingdom of Judah. The 
fact that Jerusalem belonged to Benjamin, 
taken in connection with the further fact that 
the territory of Judah was adjacent to that 
of Benjamin, may account for the speedy 
union of the two tribes. The two kingdoms 
thus established remained hostile to each 
other during the lives of their respective rul- 
ers. 

The kingdom of Israel existed for 254 
years, and was ruled over by 19 kings. It 
was finally overthrown by Shalmaneser, king 
of Assyria (B. C. 721), who carried the peo- 
ple into captivity beyond the Euphrates, 
where they became the subjects of the As- 
syrian monarch, the king, Hoshea, being 
taken to. Mneveh. Their land was peopled 
by barbarians from the region of the Tigris 
and the Euphrates. The ten tribes thus be- 
came "the lost tribes of Israel" — the "dis- 
persed among the Gentiles." 

The kingdom of Judah was governed by 
20 kings, the first Eehoboam, the last Zed- 
ekiah. Against it (B. C. 606) came Nebu- 



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chadnezzar, king of Babylon, who subdued 
it and carried away into captivity to Baby- 
lon many of the people, including Daniel 
and his companions. This was the begin- 
ning of the seventy years' captivity. Seven 
years later (B. C. 599) Nebuchadnezzar 
came the second time and carried away Je- 
hoiachin, the king, and his nobles, together 
with many thousands of the inhabitants of 
the land, among whom was the prophet Eze- 
kiel. The king and the nobles were sent to 
Babylon, the common prisoners to the vicin- 
ity of the river Chebar. The third invasion 
of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar occurred nine 
years later (B. C. 590). He besieged Jeru- 
salem for eighteen months, at the end of 
which time (B. C. 588) the city was taken 
by storm and its inhabitants put to the 
sword. The temple was afterward destroyed, 
the city burnt, and the walls demolished. 
Thus perished the kingdom of Judah. 



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VIII. 
The Divided Monarchy^ 

The subjoined table shows the two lines 
of kings who reigned during the existence of 
the divided monarchy: 



B. C. 


KINGS OF ISRAEL. 


B. C. 


KINGS OF JDDAH. 


975 


Jeroboam. 


975 


Kehoboam. 


954 


Nadab. 


958 


Abijah. 


953 


Baasha. 


955 


Asa. 


930 


Elah. 


914 


Jehoshaphat. 


929 


Zimri. 


892 


Jehoram. 


929 


Omri. 


885 


Ahaziah. 


918 


Ahab. 


884 


Athaliah. 


898 


Ahaziah, 


878 


Jehoash. 


896 


Jehoram. 


839 


Amaziah. 


884 


Jehu. 


810 


Uzziah. 


856 


Jehoahaz. 


758 


Jotham. 


841 


Jehoash. 


742 


Ahaz. 


825 


Jeroboam. 


726 


Hezekiah. 




FIRST INTERREGNUM. 


698 


Manasseh. 


773 


Zachariah. 


643 


Amon. 


772 


Shallum. 


641 


Josiah. 


761 


Menahen. 


610 


Jehoahaz. 


759 


Pekahia. 


610 


Jehoiachin. 




Pekah. 


599 


Jehoiaehin or Coniah. 


730 


SECOND INTERREGNUM. 


599 


Zedekiah. 


721 


Hoshea. 


588 


Jerusalem destroyed. 


'Captivity Of the Ten Tribes. 





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IX. 
The Twelve Tribes of IsraeL 

Many people are perplexed over the vari- 
ous statements of the Scriptures concerning 
the twelve tribes of Israel. Apparent con- 
tradictions are discovered, and it is for the 
purpose of reconciling these that the fol- 
lowing historical resume of the subject is 
presented : 

The patriarch Jacob, whose name was 
changed to Israel (Gen. 32. 28), was the son 
of Isaac and Eebekah, and the grandson of 
Abraham and Sarah. He was the father of 
twelve sons — by Leah six, namely, Keuben, 
Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun ; 
by Eachel two, Joseph and Benjamin; by 
Bilhah, Eachel's handmaid, two, Dan and 
Naphtali; by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, two. 
Gad and Asher. In Gen. 49. 28 it is re- 
corded: "All these are the twelve tribes of 
Israel." In Josh. 14. 4 we read: "For the 
children of Joseph were two tribes, Manas- 
seh and Ephraim." In Eev. 7. 4 it is written : 
"And I heard the number of them which were 
sealed : and there were sealed an hundred and 
forty and four thousand of all the tribes of 
the children of Israel." Following this state- 
ment the tribes are named, verses 5-8, as 



112 Bible Won^ders. 

follows: Juda, Reuben, Gad, Aser, Neptha- 
lim, Manasses, Simeon, Levi, Issaehar, Zab- 
ulon, Joseph, and Benjamin, twelve in all. 
Observe, in passing, that the tribes of Dan 
and Ephraim are omitted from this enumer- 
ation, whereas "the tribe of Joseph" is in- 
serted. This phrase, '^'^the tribe of Joseph," 
is mentioned in only one other passage of 
the Bible, Num. 13. 11, where, however, it is 
immediately followed by the qualifying state- 
ment, "namely, of the tribe of Manasseh." 
In Ezek. 48. 31 we read, "And the gates of 
the city shall be after the names of the tribes 
of Israel." The prophet then enumerates 
the tribes in the following order: Reuben, 
Judah, Levi, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Sim- 
eon, Issaehar, Zebulun, Gad, Asher, and 
Naphtali. Manasseh and Ephraim, it will 
be observed, are not named in this list; the 
enumeration is that of Jacob's twelve sons. 
In the blessing pronounced upon "the chil- 
dren of Israel" by Moses, just before his 
death (Deut. 33), Joseph is mentioned; like- 
wise Ephraim and Manasseh, together with 
the other heads of tribes, Simeon, however, 
being excepted. 

The foregoing passages cover all the di- 
rect historical allusions to the twelve tribes 
of Israel in the Scriptures ; and now we re- 



Bible Wonders. 113 

turn to the history of Jacob's sons. Joseph, 
during his sojourn in Egypt, took to wife 
Asenath, daughter of Poti-phera, priest of 
On, by whom he had two sons, Manasseh -and 
Ephraim. To these two sons was transferred 
the birthright which belonged to "Eeuben 
the firstborn of Israel," because he had "de- 
filed his father's bed" (1 Chron. 5. 1) ; and 
they became the adopted sons of their grand- 
father Jacob. In pursuance of this arrange- 
ment they likewise became the heads, respect- 
ively, of the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim. 
The allotment of territory to these two tribes, 
together with the circumstances which ac- 
count for the phrases, "the half tribe of Ma- 
nasseh," and "Manasseh east," and "Ma- 
nasseh west," are recorded in the 16th and 
17th chapters of the book of Joshua. The 
omission of Joseph from the list of tribal 
names, and the substitution therefor of 
Manasseh and Ephraim — the two names be- 
ing reckoned as one in their numerical ap- 
plication to tribes — enabled the sacred his- 
torian to retain the original number twelve, 
mentioned in Gren. 49. 28. In Josh. 14. 4, 
however, the statement is made : "For the 
children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh 
and Ephraim." From this statement the num- 
ber of tribes would seem to be augmented to 
8 



114 Bible Wonders. 

thirteen. This seems to call for a further 
explanation, which is this : the tribe of Levi 
was set apart as the priestly tribe (Num. 3. 
5-10). In other words, to the Levites were 
intrusted the "religious affairs of the na- 
tion;" accordingly, they were not given any 
territorial possessions. They were scattered 
throughout the cities of the land, forty-eight 
of which were designated for them to oc- 
cupy. For their maintenance a tribute of 
one tenth — "all the tenth in Israel" (Num. 
18. 21) — was levied. This, in lieu of landed 
possessions, was their inheritance. Leaving 
out, therefore, the name of Joseph and the 
tribe of Levi, and calling M'anasseh and 
Ephraim two tribes (Josh. 14. 4), we have 
twelve tribes inheriting landed estates, and 
so the "twelve tribes of Israel." 



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X. 

The Johns* 

Four men named John are mentioned in 
the New Testament. The Hebrew name Jo- 
hanan — an abbreviated form of Jehohanan 
— and the Greek John are the same. 

I. John the Apostle. He was the son of 
Zebedee and Salome. By occupation he was 
a fisherman. His call to the discipleship is 
recorded in Matt. 4. 21. Together with the 
other disciples, eleven in number, he was 
called nnto Jesus and given power, or au- 
thority, after which the twelve were termed 
"apostles" (Matt. 10. 1, 2). He was with the 
Master on the mount of transfiguration; he 
was designated as "the disciple whom Jesus 
loved;" he witnessed Jesus's crucifixion; to 
his loving care Jesus from the cross com- 
mended his mother; he witnessed Jesus's 
ascension, and was present with the disciples 
on the day of Pentecost ; he was a prominent 
figure in the history of the primitive Church ; 
it was his brother James whom Herod Agrip- 
pa I killed with the sword (Acts 12. 2), and 
it is to him we are indebted for the gospel 
and the three epistles bearing his name, and 
for the sublime book of Kevelation. Of the 



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time and place of his death we have no cer- 
tain knowledge. 

II. John the Baptist. He was the son 
of Zacharias and Elisabeth. His character 
and mission were not only proclaimed by the 
angel of the annunciation, who foretold Je- 
sus's birth, character, and mission, but Isa- 
iah and Malachi, long centuries before his 
birth, had prepared the world for his appear- 
ance. He was, like his prototype, Elijali the 
prophet, an austere man, rugged and un- 

, conventional, and, withal, "a Nazarite from 
his birth." He was the forerunner, or mes- 
senger, of Christ, preparing by his ministry 
the way before him. He was put to death 
in the prison of Machaerus by Herod Antipas, 
at the instigation of Herodias, and was thus 
numbered with the noble army of martyrs 
^'of whom the world was not worthy." 

III. John Mark. In the Acts mention 
is made of "John, whose surname was 
Mark" (chapter 12. 12, 25 ; 15. 37) . This was 
the Hebrew name of the evangelist Mark. 
He is called John in Acts 13. 5, 13. 

IV. JOHN^ ONE OF THE HIGH PRIEST'S 

FAMILY. The only allusion to him is in 
Acts 4. 6, where he is named in connection 
with "Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas 
and . . . Alexander " 



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XI. 
The Herods^ 

I. Herod the Great. He was procurator 
of Judea by appointment of Julius Caesar, 
B. C. 47. It was he who ordered the 
"slaughter of the innocents" at Bethlehem 
(Matt. 2. 16-18), hoping thereby to destroy 
the infant Jesus, who was called by the wise 
men "King of the Jews." 

II. Herod Antipas^ son of Herod the 
Great by Malthace. He was appointed te- 
trarch of Galilee by his father (Matt. 14. 1). 
He it was who caused the murder of John the 
Baptist (Matt. 14. 3-12). 

III. Herod Philip I (Mark 6. 17). He 
was the son of Herod the Great by Mari- 
amne. His wife, Herodias, abandoned him 
and married his brother Herod Antipas. It 
was the denunciation of this illegal and in- 
famous marriage by John the Baptist that 
led to his execution by Herod Antipas, at 
the instigation of the guilt-stricken Hero- 
dias. 

IV. Herod Philip II. He was the son of 
Herod the Great by Cleopatra. He held the 
title of tetrarch of Trachonitis (Luke 3. 1). 
He married Salome, daughter of his half- 
brother, Herod Philip I, by Herodias. She 



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it was who danced before her stepfather, 
Herod Antipas (Matt. 14. 6), and at whose 
behest the latter delivered to her the head of 
John the Baptist "in a charger" (Mark 6. 
28). 

V. Herod Agrippa I. He was the son of 
Aristobulus and grandson of Herod the 
Great. Of him it is recorded that he "killed 
James the brother of John with the sword" 
(The Acts 12. 2). His miserable death im- 
mediately followed the commission of that 
crime (The Acts 12. 20-23). 

VI. Herod Agrippa II. He was the son 
of Herod Agrippa I by Cypros, a grandniece 
of Herod the Great. It was he before whom 
Paul made his eloquent defense (The Acts 
26), at the conclusion of which Agrippa de- 
clared to the fearless champion of the cross, 
"Almost thou persuadest me to be a .Chris- 
tian" (Acts 26. 28). 



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XII. 
The Jameses* 

I. James the son of Zebedee. He was 
one of the twelve apostles of our Lord (Matt. 
10. 2). He was the brother of the apostle 
John, the two receiving from our Lord, on 
the occasion of their call to the apostleship, 
the title of "Boanerges/' or "sons of thun- 
der" (Mark 3. 17). These two apostles, to- 
gether with Peter, were specially honored 
by our Lord on several occasions, notably 
by being permitted to witness the raising of 
Jairus's daughter and the transfiguration 
of Christ. It was James's distinction to be 
the first apostolic martyr (Acts 12. 2). His 
death occurred seven years after that of 
Stephen, the first Christian martyr. 

II. James the son of Alph^eus (Matt. 
10. 3). He was one of the twelve apostles 
chosen by our Lord. Tradition says that he 
suffered martyrdom at Jerusalem, his en- 
emies having first stoned him and then beat- 
en him to death with a club. 

III. James the brother of the Lord 
(Matt. 13. 55). Eminent scholars disagree 
concerning the identity of the Jameses, ap- 
parently 8 in number, mentioned in New 
Testament history. Paul (Gal, 1, 19) de- 



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clares, "Other of the apostles saw I none, 
save James the Lord^s brother," This would 
seem to imply one of two things, namely, 
that "James the Lord's brother'^ and JameS 
the son of Alphsens are identical — an opin- 
ion upheld by Dr. Lange, but from which 
Dr. Schaff dissents — or that there were three 
Jameses in the apostolic college. Inasmuch 
as the latter view is distinctly untenable, the 
language of Paul must not be interpreted as 
a positive declaration of James's apostle- 
ship. This James (the Lord's brother) was 
undoubtedly the first bishop of Jerusalem, 
and the head and leader of the Jewish Chris- 
tians. It was he who wrote the General 
Epistle of James. The title (not a scrip- 
tural one, however) of "the Just" belonged 
to him, and was conferred upon him by rea- 
son of his rigid observance of the law. Ne- 
ander, the eminent Church historian, refer- 
ring to the James mentioned in Acts 15, the 
president of the apostolic council at Jeru- 
salem, and he who delivered its judgment, 
declares, "The question respecting the iden- 
tity of this James is one of the most difficult 
in the apostolic history." Let those who care 
to investigate the subject in all its bearings 
consult the standard Bible dictionaries and 
commentaries, 



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XIII. 
The Marys* 

Six Marys are mentioned in Bible his- 
tory: 

I. Mary the Virgin. Nothing is cer- 
tainly known of her parentage. In the early 
apocryphal gospels her parents' names are 
given as "Joachim" and "Anna." Heli 
(Luke 3. 23), which is another form of the 
name Joachim, was her father's name, if we 
assume that Luke's genealogy is that of 
Mary. Her home was at Nazareth. At the 
time of the annunciation to her by the angel 
Gabriel that she was to be the mother of our 
Lord she was betrothed to Joseph, who was 
accordingly regarded, under the Jewish pol- 
ity, as her husband. Together they jour- 
neyed to Bethlehem, Joseph having mean- 
time taken her "to his home," to have their 
names registered on the tax list, and while 
they were there Jesus was born. Herod sought 
to slay him, and in order to save his life the 
parents of the Holy Child fled with him 
into Egypt. Later they returned to Naz- 
areth. There Jesus was brought up. When 
he "began to be about thirty years of age" 
he entered upon his public ministry. Years 
before this his father had died. After Je- 



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sus's departure from home Mary divided her 
residence between Nazareth and Capernaum. 
We read that she attended "a marriage in 
Cana of Galilee" at which Jesus was a guest ; 
she is mentioned in connection with her rel- 
atives by Matthew (chapter 13. 55) ; again 
we find her standing with her sister Mary, 
Mary Magdalene, and Salome, at the foot of 
the cross on the afternoon of Good Friday 
(John 19. 25), and finally as having been 
commended by our Lord to the care of the 
disciple John, who "from that hour . . . 
took her unto his own home" (John 19. 27). 

II. Mary the wife of Cleophas. She 
was doubtless the sister of Mary the Virgin. 
"J^ow there stood by the cross of Jesus his 
mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the 
wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene" 
(John 19. 25; see Matt. 27. 56; Mark 15. 
40). Mary is introduced into the gospel 
history by Matthew, Mark, and John. She 
was one of the women who, on Easter morn- 
ing, went to the sepulcher bearing "sweet 
spices" with which to anoint the body of Je- 
sus; she was likewise among the "certain 
women" who had "a vision of angels, which 
said that he was alive" (Luke 24. 23). 

III. Mary Magdalene. It is fair to as- 
sume that the term Magdalene is derived 



Bible Wonders. 123 

from Magdala, and that Mary was a native 
or a resident of that place. Luke introdnces 
her as "Mary, called Magdalene, ont of whom 
went seven devils" (chapter 8. 2). Omitting 
intervening references to her, we observe that 
she was with Mary the Lord's mother and 
Mary the wife of Cleophas at the cross; she 
sat with "the other Mary" over "against the 
sepulcher" on the evening of our Lord's cru- 
cifixion (Matt. 27. 61) ; she was among "cer- 
tain women" who declared that they had 
"seen a vision of angels, which said that he 
[Jesus] was alive" (Luke 24. 23), and was 
honored by hearing the risen Jesus voice her 
name, and by receiving his divine commission 
to "go to my brethren, and say unto them, 
I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; 
and to my God, and your God" (John 20. 
17). 

IV. Mary the mother of Mark. She 
was "the mother of John, whose surname 
was Mark" (Acts 12. 12). It was to her 
house that Peter came after his miraculous 
deliverance from prison, and where he found 
many "gathered together praying" (Acts 12. 
12). She was sister to Barnabas (Col. 4. 
10). 

y. Mary the sister of Lazarus. Jesus 
was, according to Luke 10. 38, 39, a guest of 



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Martha and her sister Mary. Their resi- 
dence was Bethany. It was this Mary who, 
when Jesus was in the house of "Simon the 
leper/' came unto him "having an alabaster 
box of very precious ointment/' which she 
poured "on his head as he sat at meat" (Matt. 
26. 6, 7). This loving service was performed 
after the raising of Lazarus and "six days 
before the Passover" (John 12. 1), which im- 
mediately preceded the crucifixion of our 
Lord. 

VI. Mary^ a Eoman Christian"^ men- 
tioned by St. Paul in Eom. 16. 6. The apos- 
tle's greeting of her in this passage is the 
only reference to her which the Bible con- 
tains. 



Bible Wonders. 125 

XIY. 
Jewish Feasts and Festivals. 

I. The Feast of the Passover. This 
was celebrated annually "in the fourteenth 
day of the first month" of the Hebrew sacred 
year — the month Nisan — "at even/' or "be- 
tween the two evenings/' as the Hebrew 
reads (Exod. 12. 6, marginal note). It was, 
strictly speaking, confined to the sacrifice 
and eating of the paschal lamb, though the 
word Passover is not infrequently used com- 
prehensively to denote — 

II. The Feast of Unleavened Bread. 
This followed the Passover service. It com- 
menced on the morning of "the fifteenth day 
of the same month" (Lev. 23. 5, 6), and 
lasted "seven days." 

III. The Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost. 
This was celebrated annually, fifty days after 
the Passover, and is accordingly sometimes 
termed by Jewish writers "the feast of the 
fifty days" (Exod. 23. 16; Lev. 23. 15-22). 

IV. The Feast of Trumpets. This was 
annually celebrated on the first day of the 
seventh month (^^Tum. 29. 1-6), or Tishri, 
that is, on the first day of the civil year. 

V. The Day of Atonement. This was 
observed annually on the tenth day of the 



126 Bible Wonders. 

seventh month of the sacred year, that is, 
the month Tishri, the first of the civil year, 
from the evening of the ninth to the evening 
of the tenth, five days before the Feast of 
Tabernacles. It was instituted as a "day of 
annual expiation for national sin" (Lev. 16; 
Num. 29. 7-11). 

YI. The Feast of Tabernacles. This 
was observed annually from the fifteenth to 
the twenty-second of the seventh month, or 
Tishri. It was sometimes called the "Feast 
of Ingathering" and the "Feast of Har- 
vest." It commemorated the exodus, and 
during its observance the people were re- 
quired to live in tabernacles (Lev. 23. 43; 
Deut. 31. 10-13). 

VII. The Festival of Purim. This an- 
nual festival was instituted by Mordecai to 
commemorate the deliverance of the Jews 
in Persia from the destruction threatened 
by Haman (Esth. 9). It was observed on the 
fourteenth and fifteenth of the month Adar, 
the sixth of the civil and the twelfth of the 
sacred 5^ear. 

A^III. The Feast of Dedication. This 
feast is first alluded to in Num. 7. 10. 
The last reference to it is in John 10. 22. 
It was an occasion of great festivity among 
the Jewish people. 



Bible Wondeks. 127 

IX. The Sabbatical Year. The sabbat- 
ical year was likewise called "the seventh 
year" (Deut. 15. 9), because it was to be 
observed every seventh year; "the year of 
release" (Deut. 15. 1, 2, 9), because in it 
all debts were to be remitted; "a sabbath of 
rest" (Lev. 25. 4), because it was a year of 
rest for the soil. 

X. The Year of Jubilee. This festival 
was celebrated after the lapse of seven sab- 
batical periods, or forty-nine years (Lev. 25. 
8-17). "A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be 
unto you." It was a year of rest for the 
soil ; of the reversion of landed property, and 
of the manumission, or freeing, of slaves 
(Lev. 25. 13-34, 39-54). 



128 Bible Wonders. 

XV. 

Religious Classes Amongf the Jews. 

Pharisees (Matt. 3. 7). A religious 
party or class of "separatists" among the 
Jews who contended for the strict observ- 
ance of the ceremonial law, and of Jewish 
traditions, as well. They believed in the 
resurrection of the body, the immortality 
of the soul, and the existence of "angel and 
spirit." They were the party of the people. 
They numbered about 6,000 in Christ's time. 

Sadducees (Matt. 3. 7). A religious 
party or class among the Jews in Christ's 
time who held to the letter of the written 
law, but, in opposition to the Pharisees, de- 
nied that the Israelites were in possession of 
an oral law transmitted to them by Mbses. 
Paul thus defines the leading doctrines of 
the Sadducees and the Pharisees : "The Sad- 
ducees say that there is no resurrection, nei- 
ther angel, nor spirit : but the Pharisees con- 
fess both" (Acts 23. 8). The Sadducees were 
the party of the aristocracy. 

Scribes (1 Kings 4. 3). The scribes were 
a religious party or class among the Jews. 
They were the writers. They prepared copies 
of the law, the precepts of which they classi- 
fied; accordingly, they naturally came to be 



Bible Wonders. 129 

teachers of the law. They were called Eabhi, 
or Master. Of their character we may judge 
by reflecting upon Christ's words, "Woe un- 
to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!" 



XVL 
PoIitico-ReIi§:ious Parties* 

Galileans (Luke 13. 1). These were 
heathen inhabitants of Galilee made up of 
various nationalities, whence the term "Gal- 
ilee of the Gentiles." 

Heeodians (Matt. 22. 16). A title ap- 
plied to a class of Jews who were partisans of 
Herod Antipas, "people who supported 
Herod's cause." 

Proselytes (Acts 2. 10). Gentile con- 
verts to Judaism. They were of two kinds, 
"Prosel3rtes of the Gate" and "Proselytes of 
Eighteousness." The former term was de- 
rived from the formula, "the stranger that is 
within thy gates." This class of proselytes 
were not bound by circumcision. They ob- 
served "the seven precepts of Noah." Pros- 
elytes of Eighteousness submitted to the rite 
of circumcision and the ordinance of baptism, 
9 



130 Bible Wonders. 

kept the requirements of the law, and en- 
tered into full Jewish fellowship. 

Samaritans (John 4. 9). When the ten 
tribes were carried away captive to Babylon 
some, the poorer classes, were left behind. 
Later colonists were sent from Babylon, and 
the descendants of these mixed peoples were 
termed Samaritans. They were given to idol- 
atrous practices. They "served their graven 
images, both their children and their chil- 
dren's children" (2 Kings 17. 4). "Then 
the Lord sent lions among them, which slew 
some of them," and in their distress they 
petitioned for an Israelitish priest to in- 
struct them in the true worship. Their 
prayer was granted, and they were taught 
the worship of Jehovah. Being despised by 
the Jews, the}^ built a temple of their own 
on Mount Gerizim. They observed Moses's 
law and looked for Messiah's coming. 



Bible Wojtders. 



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XVII. 

Divisions of Time* 

The Hebrew day was from sunset to sun- 
set. The natural day was from sunrise lo 
sunset; the natural night, from sunset to 
sunrise. The night was anciently divided 
into three watches; in the time of our Lord, 
into four. 

I. Time. 



ANCIENT NIGHT WATCHES. 

First watch, till midnight, 

(Lam. ii. 10.) 
Second watch, till 3 a. m., 

(Judg. 1. 19). 
Third watch, till 6 a. m., 

(Exod. 14. 24). 



NEW TESTAMENT NIGHT 
WATCHES. 

First watch, 6 to 9 p. m., 

or evening. 
Second watch, 9 to 12 p. m., 

or midnight. 
Third watch, 12 to 3 a.m., 

or cock crowing. 
Fourth watch, 3 to 6 a. m., 

or morning. 



The day was anciently divided into three 
parts ; in the time of our Lord, into four. 



ANCIENT DAY DIVISIONS. 

First, morning, till 9 a. m. 
Second, heat of the day, 

till 2 p. m. 
Third, cool of the day, 

till 6 p. m. 



NEW TESTAMENT DAY 
DIVISIONS. 

First, the third hour, 

6 to 9 A. m. 
Second, the sixth hour, 

9 to 12 A. m. 
Third, the ninth hour, 

12 to 3 p. M. 
Fourth, the twelfth hour, 

3 to 6 p. M. 



II. Chronological Periods. 

Bible history may be divided into eleven 
periods, varying in duration from 1,658 to 



132 



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25 years. The events which mark the begin- 
ning and close of these periods, and the num- 
ber which they severally embrace, may be 
easily memorized. 



PERIOD. YEARS. A.M. 

I. The Antediluvian: Creation to 

the Flood 

II. The Dispersion: The Flood to 
the Promise 

III. The Bondage: The Promise to 

the Exode 

IV. The Wandering: Exode to the 

Entering into Canaan 

V. The Conquest: Entering into 

Canaan to Joshua's death 

VI. The Theocracy: Joshua's death 

to Saul's accession 

VII. The Monarchy: Saul's accession 

to the Captivity 

VIII. The Captivity: Fall of Jerusalem 

to the Eestoration, 

IX. The Restoration: Return from 
Captivity to end of Old Testa- 
ment canon 

X. Jewish History: End of Old Tes- 
tament Canon, the Christian Era 
XI. Christian Era: Christ's birth to 
the death of the Revelator 



.c. 



1G58 




430 


2085 


430 


2515 


40 


2555 


25 


2580 


500 


3080 


487 


3567 


70 


3637 


130 


3767 


332 


(4172) 


100 





2515 
2088 
1658 
1618 
1593 
1093 
606 
536 

406 



A.D. 
100 



III. The Jev^^ish Tear. 

The Jewish year contained twelve lunar 
months. This necessitated the addition of a 
month every third year. The name of this 
intercalary month was Veadar. The Jew- 
ish arrangement provided for both a civil 
and a sacred year; the former was the older 
system. 



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133 



Civil 
year. 


^year? Months. 


Corresponding to 


7 


1 


Abib, or Nisan. 


March-April. 


8 


2 


lyyar, or Zif. 


April-May. 
May-June. 


9 


3 


Sivan. 


10 


4 


Tammnz. 


June- July. 


11 


5 


Ab. 


July-August. 


12 


6 


Elul. 


August-September. 


1 


7 


Tishri, or Ethanim. 


September-October. 


2 


8 


Marchesvan, or Bui. 


October-November. 


3 


9 


Kislev. 


November-December. 


4 . 


10 


Tebet. 


December-January. 


5 


11 


Shebat. 


January-February. 


6 


12 


Adar. 


February-March. 



IV. The Jewish and the Christian Sabbath. 

The Jewish Sabbath ended at six o'clock 
on Saturday evening. The first Christian 
Sabbath is introduced to us in the passage, 
"In the end of the (Jewish) Sabbath, as it 
began to dawn toward the first day of the 
week (or the Christian Sabbath), came Mary 
Magdalene," etc. (Matt. 28. 1). It is called 
"the Lord's day" (Rev. 1. 10). From this 
starting point the recognition and observance 
of the first day of the week, the day on which 
Jesus rose from the dead, may be traced 
through Apostolic times (Acts 20. 7 ; 1 Cor. 
16. 1, 2), and in the literature of the Church 
Fathers, among whom we may mention 
Clement of Rome, Ignatius, Justin Martyr, 
Irengeus, Clement of Alexandria, and Tertul- 
lian. Constantine, the first Christian em- 
peror, in A. D. 321, by an imperial edict, 
likewise recognized and honored the sanctity 
of the Christian Sabbath. 



134 Bible Wonders. 

XVIII. 
The Symbolism of Numbers and Colors. 

The frequent use of certain numbers in 
the Bible clearly indicates design. The fol- 
lowing brief reference to these numbers in- 
troduces a subject whose further investiga- 
tion by the Bible student may reveal to him 
facts and theories of absorbing interest. "In 
a mystical sense, one is Unity; two repre- 
sents Unity repeated; three, the Creator, 
Trinity; four, the world, and by the second 
Adam, paradise; five, the synagogue; six, 
perfection and creation, the hour when Je- 
sus was crucified; seven, rest, as in the Sab- 
bath, love, grace, pardon, composed of three 
and four; eight, beatitude and resurrec- 
tion (eight persons were saved at the deluge) ; 
nine, angels; ten, the law of fear or salva- 
tion in allusion to the denarius given to the 
laborers in the vineyard; twelve, apostles; 
fourteen, perfection ; three hundred, redemp- 
tion; fifty, beatitude; one hundred, virgins; 
sixty, widows ; and thirty, wives, according to 
St. Jerome on Matt. 13. 8; 888 Jesous the 
Saviour." — McClintock & Strong, Biblical 
Cyclopaedia. 

In the literature of the Bible the refer- 
ences to colors are frequent and interesting. 



Bible Wonders. 135 

The symbolism of colors, like that of num- 
bers, has always challenged the attention of 
Bible students. More or less of significance 
has been attached to the selection and use 
of colors in connection with religious rites 
and ceremonies from the time of the build- 
ing of the tabernacle by the children of Is- 
rael in the desert of Sinai until now. By 
specific command of the Almighty, commu- 
nicated to them through Moses, the Israel- 
ites were directed to offer "blue and purple 
and scarlet'^ for the building of the tab- 
ernacle and for the curtains thereof (Exod. 
25. 4; 26. 1), and likewise for use in pre- 
paring the garments "for glory and for 
beauty" which Aaron and his sons were to 
wear during the performance of their priest- 
ly ministrations (Exod. 28). 

Among the Hebrews the symbolism of 
colors was of pronounced recognition. White 
was the emblem of purity and innocence. 
The "holy garments" (Lev. 16. 4) which 
were worn by the high priest on the day of 
atonement were of white linen. White was 
likewise the "symbol of glory and majesty" 
(Dan. 7. 9). Red was the emblem of war 
and bloodshed (Nah. 2. 3; Zech. 6. 2). 
Green indicated "freshness and vigor" (Psa. 
37. 35). Black stood for "mourning, af- 



136 Bible Wonders. 

fliction, and calamity" (Jer. 8. 21; 14. 2). 
Blue was symbolic of revelation. "It was the 
celestial color, and the color predominant 
in the Mosaic ritnaF' (Num. 15. 38, 39). 
Purple was the dress of kings. With it 
"were associated ideas of royalty and maj- 
esty" (Esth. 8. 15). "Crimson and scarlet, 
from their resemblance to blood (probably), 
became symbolic of life" (Num. 16. 6-22). 
The prevailing colors in the Mosaic ritual 
were "white, hyacinth (blue), purple, and 
crimson." 

Coming down to the Christian Church, we 
find that "five colors are recognized as hav- 
ing a theological meaning or .expression: 
white, red, green, violet, and black." White 
S5^mbolizes purity. Jesus's raiment at the 
time of his transfiguration was "white as the 
light" (Matt. 17. 2). The angel seen by the 
women at the sepulcher of Jesus was 
"clothed in a long white garment" (Matt. 
16. 5). The Lamb's wife "was arrayed in 
fine linen, clean and white" (Rev. 19. 8). 
Bed stands for "fire and glowing love." 
In the Roman Catholic Church "the red 
dress of the cardinals is professedly to keep 
before them constantly the love and passion 
of the Saviour. The pope wears red on 
Good Friday." Green is the symbol of 



Bible Wonders. 137 

'^freshness and vigor." It is the hue of res- 
urrected nature and the emblem of our 
resurrection. '^An old tradition has it that 
a twig of the tree of life was transplanted 
and produced the tree from which the cross 
of Christ was made." Violet stands for 
"penitence and sorrow. The Romish 
Church orders it to be worn during all 
times of penance." Black is emblematic, as 
it has ever been, of "sorrow, destruction, and 
death." 



138 Bible Wonders. 

XIX. 

Representative Women of the Bible^ 

Biblical literature is enriched by the bi- 
ographies of not a few illustrious women to 
each of whom the statement of Jesus con- 
cerning Mary, who anointed him, may fit- 
tingly apply: "Wheresoever this gospel shall 
be preached in the whole world, there shall 
also this, that this woman hath done, be 
told for a memorial of her" (Matt. 26. 13). 
Alternations of light and shade follow each 
other in rapid succession in the Bible, how- 
ever, since the sacred historians portray with 
equal fidelity to the truth the virtues and 
the vices of the persons, without regard to 
sex, whose deeds they record. Let it not 
"be thought a thing incredible with you,*' 
therefore, dear reader, that you should be 
brought face to face with women whose ever- 
lasting memorials are those of wickedness 
and violence. 

Eve. The first woman, the wife of Adam 
and the mother of the human race. The 
record of her creation, for she was not born, 
is found in Gen. 3. 21, 22. Eve means life. 
Of her naming we read, "And Adam called 
his wife's name Eve; because she was the 



Bible Wonders. 139 

mother of all living" (Gen. 3. 20). We 
have no record of her death. With the ac- 
count of the birth of Seth, whom she re- 
ceived from God as "another seed instead 
of Abel, whom Cain slew" (Gen. 4. 25), 
the record of her life is brought to a close. 

Saratt. She was the wife of the patri- 
arch Abraham and the mother of Isaac. Her 
name, originally Sarai, was changed to 
Sarah (Gen. 17. 15). ^According to Abra- 
ham's declaration (Gen. 20. 12), she was 
his half sister, that is, the daughter of Ha- 
ran, and the sister of Lot. She died at 
the age of 127 years, at Hebron, and was 
buried in the cave of Machpelah(B.C.1860). 
Three years later Isaac brought Eebekah 
"into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Ee- 
bekah, and she became his wife; and he 
loved her: and Isaac was comforted after 
his mother's death" (Gen. 24. 67). A Jew- 
ish tradition, based apparently on the men- 
tion of Sarah's death, almost immediately 
after the sacrifice of Isaac, says that the 
shock of the offering up of Isaac killed her, 
and that Abraham found her dead on his 
return from Mount Mori ah. 

Eachel. "Laban had two daughters : the 
name of the elder was Leah, and the name 
of the younger was Eachel. Leah was ten- 



140 Bible WojiiDERS. 

der-eyed ; but Eachel was beautiful and well- 
favoured. x\nd Jacob loved EacheF' (Gen. 
29. 16-18). This was intensely natural; 
and so it came to pass that after a courtship 
of seven years, beginning with the romantic 
meeting of the twain at the wtII of Haran, 
they were married. Two sons, Joseph and 
Benjamin, were born to them. After shar- 
ing Jacob's varying fortunes for twenty-four 
3^ears "Rachel died, and was buried in the 
way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. And 
Jacob set a pillar upon her grave" (Gen. 
35. 19, 20). This is the first mention in 
history of the erection of a sepulchral mon- 
ument. A pathetic reference to Eachel is 
recorded in Jer. 31. 15-17, and by accom- 
modation is applied to the "slaughter of the 
innocents" by St. Matthew (chap. 2. 17, 18). 
The narative found in Gen. 29 has all the 
attributes of a genuine love story embel- 
lished with oriental colorings. 

Miriam. She was the sister of Moses and 
Aaron. She it was who cared for her infant 
brother Moses while he was hid in the "ark 
of bulrushes" on the banks of the Nile, and 
through whose sagacity Moses's mother was 
appointed by Pharaoh's daughter to "nurse 
the child'^ for his foster mother. She is 
called "the prophetess," Exod. 15. 20, and 



Bible Wonders. 141 

in Exod. 15. 21 we have the triumphal song, 
in twentj^-one words, in which she recounts 
the overthrow of Pharaoh and his host in 
the Red Sea. After this she incited sedition 
against Moses, which subjected her to se- 
vere punishment (^um. 13). She died at 
Kadesh, and was buried there (Num. 20. 1). 
Her obituary resembles that of Elisha, each 
of which is composed of seven short words. 

Rahab. She was a woman of Jericho. It 
was she who received and harbored the spies 
whom Joshua sent to spy out the land of 
Canaan. For this service she and her kin- 
dred were preserved from the destruction 
that overtook the city at the hands of the 
Israelites. She became the wife of Sal- 
mon (Matt. 1. 5), and thus the ancestress 
of our Lord. She receives honorable men- 
tion in Heb. 11. 31 ; James 2. 25. 

Deborah. Deborah is called a prophet- 
ess in Judg. 4. 5, where it is likewise said 
that "she judged Israel." It was she who 
persuaded Barak to deliver Israel from bond- 
age to Jabin, which he did with her assist- 
ance, for she accompanied him to Kedesh 
on his expedition (Judg. 4. 10). One of the 
incidents of the undertaking was the murder 
of Sisera by Jael (Judg. 4). The trium- 
phal song of Deborah and Barak is recorded 



142 Bible Wonders. 

in Judg. 5. Through the efforts of Deb- 
orah "the land had rest forty years." 

EuTii. A Moabitish woman, first the wife 
of Mahlon, and afterward of Boaz, by whom 
she became the mother of Obed. Thus she 
was the ancestress of David and of our 
Lord. She is one of four women mentioned 
in Matthew's genealogy of Christ, and one 
of two women whose names are given to 
books of the Bible. 

Haxnah. She was one of the wives of 
Elkanah and the mother of Samuel, the dis- 
tinguished Judge and prophet. She was a 
prophetess, her right to that designation be- 
ing based upon her song of thanksgiving 
for the birth of Samuel. This song contains 
the first mention of the Messiah — "Anoint- 
ed"— under that title (1 Sam. 2. 10). 

Jezebel. A Phoenician princess, daugh- 
ter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians. She 
became the wife of Ahab king of Israel. She 
was responsible for the establishment of Baal 
worship in the court of Ahab. She sup- 
ported 450 prophets of Baal and 400 of 
Astarte (1 Kings 16. 31, 33). Her crown- 
ing deed of infamy was the murder of Na- 
both. For this crime the prophet Elijah 
pronounced a curse upon her (1 Kings 21. 
23). The details of her violent and hor- 



Bible Wonders. 143 

rible death are found in 2 Kings 9. 30-37. 
Athaliah, her daughter, who married Je- 
horam,king of Judah, inherited her mother's 
degeneracy, followed her example, and met 
a fate scarcely less tragic than that of Jez- 
ebel {2 Kings 11. 13-16). 

Esther. Esther, whose Persian name 
was Hadassah, was a beautiful Jewish maid- 
en descended from the tribe of Benjamin. 
She was brought up by Mordecai, her cousin, 
who was in the service of Ahasuerus, king 
of Persia, at "Shushan the palace." The 
king taking offense at Vashti, the queen, 
dismissed her, and in process of time se- 
lected Esther to succeed her. Haman the 
Agagite, the prime minister of the king, 
becoming offended at Mordecai because the 
latter refused to do him homage, plotted 
to destroy all the Jews throughout the Per- 
sian realm, a scheme which the king thought- 
lessly sanctioned. Through the intercession 
of Esther, however, the royal edict was re- 
scinded, the calamity averted, and Haman 
himself miserably perished. 

Elisabeth. She was the wife of Zach- 
arias and the mother of John the Baptist 
(Luke 1. 5-60). She and Mary the Virgin 
were cousins (Luke 1. 36). She was a 
woman of eminent piety. She was the first 



144 Bible Wonders. 

to greet Mary the mother of our Lord 
(Luke 1. 42). 

Herodias. This woman of execrable 
memory was the daughter of Aristobulus, 
one of the sons of Herod the Great by Mari- 
amne, and sister of Agrippa I. Her first 
husband was Herod Philip, another of the 
sons of Mariamne and the first Herod, and 
therefore her full uncle. Leaving him, she 
married Herod Antipas, half brother of her 
husband and thus her step-nncle, whose wife, 
the daughter of Aretas, king of Arabia, was 
still living. She had one child by Herod 
Philip, namely, Salome. John the Baptist 
rebuked the parties to this incestuous mar- 
riage, and for his fidelity to principle was 
beheaded by Herod in the castle of Machserus 
at the behest of Salome, who was incited to 
the commission of the crime by her mother. 

Phebe. "I commend unto you Phebe 
our sister," is the introductory clause to the 
16th chapter of Eomans. This ^^elect lady" 
was a deaconess in the apostolic Church. 
The honorable mention made of her in the 
writings of St. Paul characterizes her as one 
of the most illustrious women of the Bible. 

Priscilla (1 Cor. 16. 19). She is iden- 
tical with the "Prisca" mentioned in 2 Tim. 
4. 19. Tn Eom. 16. 3 she is likewise called 



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Bible Wonders. 145 

Prisca in the Revised Version. She was the 
wife of Aquila. Of these disciples Paul, 
after sending to them his greeting through 
the church at Rome, declares, "who have for 
my life laid down their own necks: unto 
whom not only I give thanks, but also all 
the churches of the Gentiles" (Rom. 16. 4). 

Martha. "Now Jesus loved Martha, and 
her sister, and Lazarus" (John 11. 5). 
Martha was doubtless the elder sister and the 
housekeeper of the family. She fretted over 
Mar3^'s seeming, perhaps real, indifference 
to the smaller domestic cares, and appealed 
to our Lord in the words, "Bid her therefore 
that she help me." In response to this 
request Jesus administered to Martha her- 
self a gentle rebuke. The author's sym- 
pathies are with Martha. What would she 
not have given if she could have read the ex- 
quisite little declaration of the evangelist, 
"Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, 
and Lazarus !" 

Among the less prominent women of the 
Bible mention may be made of Hagar, Re- 
bekah, Delilah, and Naomi, in the Old Testa- 
ment, and of Tabitha and Lydia in the New. 
In the chapter entitled "The Marys," ref- 
erence is made to each of the six Bible 

women of that name. 
10 



146 



Bible Wonders. 



XX. 

Calendar for Daily Rcadingf of Scriptures* 

By Which the Bible May be Finished in One Tear. 
Arranged by D. W. WHITTLE, Philadelphia. 



1 


January. 


February. 




Morning. 


Evening. 


Morning. 


Evening. 


1 


Gen. 


1, 2, 3 


Matt. 1 


Ex. 27, 28 


Matt. 21. 1-22 




Gen. 


4, 5, 6 


Matt. 2 


Ex. 29, 30 


Matt. 21. 23-46 


I 


Gen. 


7, 8, 9 


Matt. 3 


Ex. 31, 32, 33 


Matt. 22. 1-22 


Gen. 


10, 11, 12 


Matt. 4 


Ex. 34, 35 


Matt, 22. 23-46 


K 


Gen. 


13, 14, 15 


Matt. 5. 1-26 


Ex. 36, 37, 38 


Matt. 23. 1-22 


f> 


Gen. 


16,17 


Matt. 5. 27-48 


Ex. 39, 40 


Matt. 23. 23-39 


7 


Gen. 


18,19 


Matt. 6. 1-18 


Lev. 1, 2, 3 


Matt. 24. 1-28 


<2 


Gen. 


20, 21, 22 


Matt. 6. 19-34 


Lev. 4, 5 


Matt. 24. 29-51 


Q 


Gen. 


23,24 


Matt. 7 


Lev. 6, 7 


Matt. 25. 1-30 


lO 


Gen. 


25,26 


Matt. 8. 1-17 


Lev. 8, 9,10 


Matt. 25. 31-46 


11 


Gen. 


27,28 


Matt. 8. 18-34 


Lev. 11,12 


Matt. 26. 1-25 


12 


Gen. 


29,30 


Matt. 9. 1-17 


Lev. 13 


Matt. 26. 26-50 


13 


Gen. 


31,32 


Matt. 9. 18-38 


Lev. 14 


Matt. 26. 51-75 


14 


Gen. 


33, 34, 35 


Matt. 10. 1-20 


Lev. 15, 16 


Matt. 27. 1-26 


15 


Gen. 


36, 37, 38 


Matt. 10. 21-42 


Lev. 17, 18 


Matt. 27. 27-50 


16 


Gen. 


39,40 


Matt. 11 


Lev. 19,20 


Matt. 27. 51-66 


17 


Gen. 


41,42 


Matt. 12. 1-23 


Lev. 21,22 


Matt. 28 


18 


Gen. 


43, 44, 45 


Matt. 12. 24-50 


Lev. 23,24 


Mark 1. 1-22 


19 


Gen. 


46, 47, 48 


Matt. 13. 1-30 


Lev. 25 


Mark 1. 23-45 


30 


Gen. 


49,50 


Matt. 13. 31-58 


Lev. 26,27 


Mark 2 


21 


Ex. 


1. 2, 3 


Matt. 14. 1-21 


Num. 1, 2 


Mark 3. 1-19 


22 


Ex. 


4, 5, 6 


Matt. 14. 22-36 


Num. 3, 4 


Mark 3. 20-35 


23 


Ex. 


7, 8 


Matt. 15. 1-20 


Num. 5, 6 


Mark 4. 1-20 


24 


Ex. 


9, 10, 11 


Matt. 16. 21-39 


Num. 7, 8 


Mark 4. 21-41 


25 


Ex. 


12,13 


Matt. 15 


Num. 9, 10, 11 


Mark 5. 1-20 




Ex. 


14,15 


Matt. 17 


Num. 12, 13, 14 


Mark 5. 21-43 


2'?' 


Ex. 


16, 17, 18 


Matt. 18. 1-20 


Num. 15, 16 


Mark 6. 1-29 


28 


Ex. 


19, 20 


Matt. 18. 21-35 


Num. 17, 18, 19 


Mark 6. 30-56 


29 


Ex. 


21,22 


Matt. 19 


Num. 20, 21, 22 


Mark 7. 1-13 


30 


Ex. 


23,24 


Matt. 20. 1-16 






31 


Ex. 


25,26 


Matt. 20. 17-34 







Note.— When February has but twenty-eight days, read the portion for the 29th 
with that of the 28th. 



Bible Wondees. 



14V 



Calendar for Daily Reading of Scriptures— 6'ow. 



^1 



March. 



Morning. 

_ Num. 23, 24. 

2 Num. 26, 27 

3 Num. 28, 29, 
4Num. 31, 32, 
5 Num.34, 35, 
6!Deut. 1, 2 
7 Deut. 3, 4 
8Deut. 5, 6, 
9 Deut. 8, 9, 

10 Deut. 11, 12, 

11 Deut. 14,15, 

12 Deut. 17, 18, 

13 Deut. 20, 21, 

14 Deut. 23, 24, 
15:Deut. 26, 27 
leiDeut. 28, 29 
irSDeut. 30, 31 
ISlDeut. 32, .33, 



Evening. 



25 Mark 
iMark 
30 Mark 
33 Mark 
36 Mark 



20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 



Josh. 



1 
(Josh. 4, 5 
Josh. 7, 8 
1 Josh. 10, 11 
; Josh. 13, 14 
. Josh. 16, 17 
*„ Josh. 19. 20 
2fi Josh. 22. 23, 
2r!Judg. 1. 2 
28!Judg. 4 
29!Ju.lg. 7, 8 
30iJudg. 9,10 
3l|Judg.ll, 12 



7. 14-37 
8. 1-21 

8. 22-38 

9. 1 
9. 30-50 

Mark 10. 1-31 

Mark 10. 32-52 

7 Mark 11. 1-18 

10 Mark 11. 19-33 

13 Mark 12. 1-27 

16 Mark 12. 28-44 

19 Mark 13. 1-20 

22 Mark 13. 21-37 

25 Mark 14. l-2( 

Mark 14. 27-53 

Mark 14. 54-72 

'Mark 15. 1-25 

34 Mark 15. 26-47 

3 Mark 16 

6Luke 1, 



9 Luke 
12 Luke 
15 Luke 
18 Luke 
21 Luke 
24 Luke 
Luke 
jLuke 
I Luke 
Luke 
I Luke 



5', 6 



1-20 
21-38 
39-56 
57-80 

1-24 
25-52 

1-30 

31-44 

1-16 

17-; 

1-26 



April. 



Morning. 
Judg. 13, 14, 
Judg. 16, 17, 
Judg. 19, 20, 



Ruth 
ISa. 
iSa. 
ISa. 
ISa. 
ISa. 
ISa. 
ISa. 
ISa. 
1 Sa. 
ISa. 
ISa. 
ISa. 
2Sa. 
2Sa. 
2Sa. 
2Sa. 
2Sa. 
2Sa. 



1, 2, S 

1, 2, 

4, 5, 

7, 8, 

10, 11, 

13,14 

15, 16 

17,18 

19, 20, 

22, 23, 

25,26 

27, 28, 

30.31 

1, 2 

3. 4, 

6, 7. 

9,10, 

12.13 

14. 15 



2 Sa. 16, 17, 



2Sa. 
2Sa. 
2Sa. 
IKi. 
IKi. 
IKi. 
IKl. 



19, 20 
21, 22 
23,24 
1, 2 
3, 4, 
6. 7 



I Evening. 

Is'Luke 6. 27-49 

18 Luke 7. 1-30 

21 Luke 7. 31-50 

, 4 Luke 8. 1-25 

3 Luke 8. 26-56 

6 Luke 9. 1-17 

9 Luke 9. 18-36 

12 Luke 9. 37-62 

Luke 10. 1-24 

jLuke 10. 24-42 

I Luke 11. 1-28 

21 Luke 11. 29-54 

24 Luke 12. 1-31 

Luke 12. 32-59 

29 Luke 13. 1-22 

Luke 13.23-35 

Luke 14. 1-24 

5 Luke 14. 25-35 

8 Luke 15. 1-10 

11 Luke 15,11-32 

Luke 16 

Luke 17. 1-19 

18 Luke 17.20-37 

Luke 18. 1-23 

Luke 18.24-43 

Luke 19. 1-27 

iLuke 19. 28-48 

5 Luke 20, 1-26 

I Luke 20. 27-47 

jLuke 21. 1-19 



148 



Bible Wonders. 



Calendar for Daily Reading of Scriptures— CW. 



1 


May. 


Jane. 




Morning, 


Evening. 


Morning. 




Evening. 


1 


IKi. 10,11 


Luke 


21. 20-38 


2 Ch. 15, 16 




John 


12. 27-50 


2 


IKl. 12,13 


Luke 22. 1-20 


2 Ch. 17, 18 




John 


13. 1-20 




IKi. M,15 


Luke 


22. 21-46 


2 Ch. 19, 20 




John 


13. 21-38 


A 


1 Ki. 16, 17, 18 


Luke 


22. 47-71 


2 Ch. 21, 22 




John 


14 


K 


IKi. 19,20 


Luke 23. 1-25 


2 Ch. 23, 24 




John 


15 


f 


1 Ki. 21, 22 


Luke 


23. 26-56 


2 Ch. 25, 26, 27 


John 


16 


m 


2Ki. 1, 2, 3 


Luke 24. 1-35 


2 Ch. 28, 29 




John 


17 


1 


2Ki. 4, 5, 6 


Luke 24.36-53 


2 Ch. 30, 31 




John 


18. 1-18 


2Ki. 7, 8, 9 


John 


1. 1-28 


2 Ch. 32, 33 




John 


18. 19-40 


10 


2 Ki. 10, 11, 12 


John 


1. 29-51 


2Ch. 34,35, 


36 


John 


19. 1-22 


11 


2Ki. 13,14 


John 


2 


Ezra 1, 2 




John 


19. 23-43 


12 


2 Ki. 15, 16 


John 


3. 1-18 


Ezra 3. 4, 


5 


John 


20 


13 


2Ki. 17, 18 


John 


3. 19-36 


Ezra 6, 7, 


8 


John 


21 


14 


2 Ki. 19, 20, 21 


John 


4. 1-30 


Ezra 9,10 




Acts 


1 


15 


2Ki. 22,23 


John 


4. 31-54 


}Jeh. 1, 2, 
Neh. 4, 5, 


3 


Acts 


2, 1-21 


16 


2Ki. 24,25 


John 


5. 1-24 


6 


Acts 


2. 22-47 


17 


ICli. 1, 2, 3 


John 


5. 25-47 


Neh. 7, 8, 


9 


Acts 


3 


18 


ICli. 4. 5, 6 


John 


6. 1-21 


Neh. 10,11 




Acts 


4. 1-22 


19 


ICh. 7, 8, 9 


John 


6. 22-44 


Neh. 12,13 




Acts 


4. 23-37 




1 Ch. 10. 11, 12 


John 


6, 45-71 


Esth. 1, 2 




Acts 


5. 1-21 


21 


1 Cli. 13, 14, 15 


John 


7. 1-27 


Esth. 3, 4, 


5 


Acts 


5. 22-42 


22 


1 Cli. 16, 17, 18 


John 


7. 28-53 


Esth. 6, 7, 


8 


Acts 


6 


23 


1 Cli. 19, 20, 21 


John 


8. 1-27 


Esth. 9, 10 




Acts 


7. 1-21 


24 


1 Ch. 22, 23, 24 


John 


8. 28-50 


Job 1, 2 




Acts 


7. 22-43 


29 


1 Ch. 25, 26, 27 


John 


9. 1-23 


Job 3, 4 




Acts 


7. 44-60 


26 


1 Ch. 28, 29 


John 


9. 24-41 


Job 5, 6, 


7 


Acts 


8. 1-25 


27 


2Ch. 1, 2, 3 


John 


10. 1-23 


Job 8, 9, 


10 


Acts 


8. 26-40 


28 


2Ch. 4, 5, 6 


John 


10. 24-42 


Job 11, 12, 


13 


Acts 


9. 1-21 


29 


2Ch. 7, 8, 9 


John 


11. 1-29 


Job 14, 15, 


16 


Acts 


9. 22-43 




2 Ch. 10, 11, 12 


John 


11. 30-57 


Job 17. 18, 


19 


Acts 


10. 1-23 


31 


2 Ch. 13, 14 


John 


12. 1-26 











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Calendar for Daily Reading op Scriptures— Cotj. 



i 


July. 


Angast. 




Morning. 


Evening. 


Morning. 


Evening. 


i 


Job 


20,21 


Acts 


10. 24-48 


Ps. 57, 58, 59 


Rom. 4 


g 


Job 


22, 23, 24 


Acts 


11 


Ps. 60, 61, 62 


Rom. 5 


Job 


25, 26 27 


Acts 


12 


Ps. 63, 64, 65 


Rom. 6 


^ 


Job 


28,29 


Acts 


13. 1-25 


Ps. 66, 67 


Rom. 7 


K 


Job 


30,31 


Acts 


13. 26-52 


Ps. 68, 69 


Rom. 8. 1-21 


A 


Job 


32,33 


Acts 


14 


Ps. 70, 71 


Rom. 8. 22-39 


f 


Job 


34,35 


Acts 


15. 1-21 


Ps. 72, 73 


Rom. 9. 1-15 


1 


Job 


36,37 


Acts 


15. 22-41 


Ps. 74, 75, 76 


Rom. 9. 16-33 


Job 


38, 39. 40 


Acts 


16. 1-21 


Ps. 77, 78 


Rom. 10 


lO 


Job 


41,42 


Acts 


16. 22-40 


Ps. 79. 80 


Rom. 11. 1-18 


■1-1 


Ps. 


1, 2, 3 


Acts 


17. 1-15 


Ps. 81, 82, 83 


Rom. 11. 19-36 


12 


Ps. 


4 5, 6 


Acts 


17. 16-34 


Ps. 84, 85. 86 


Rom. 12 


1 1 


Ps. 


7, 8, 9 


Acts 


18 


Ps. 87, 88 


Rom. 13 


14r 


Ps. 


10, 11, 12 


Acts 


19. 1-20 


Ps. 89, 90 


Rom. 14 


1 *? 


Ps. 


13, 14, 15 


Acts 


19. 21-41 


Ps. 91, 92, 93 


Rom. 15. 1-13 


1 (* 


Ps. 


16,17 


Acts 


20, 1-16 


Ps. 94, 95, 96 


Rom. 15. 14-33 


11 


Ps. 


18,19 


Acts 


20. 17-38 


PS. 97, 98, 99 


Rom. 16 


Ps. 


20, 21, 22 


Acts 


21. 1-17 


Ps. 100, 101,102 


ICo. 1 


19 


Ps. 


23, 24, 25 


Acts 


21. 18-40 


Ps. 103, 104 


ICo. 2 




Ps. 


26, 27, 28 


Acts 


23 


Ps. 105, 106 


ICo. 3 


21 


Ps. 


29,30 


Acts 


23. 1-15 


Ps. 107, 108,109 


ICo. 4 


22 


gs- 


31,32 


Acts 


23. 16-35 


Ps. 110, 111,112 


ICo. 5 


23 


Ps. 


33,34 


Acts 


24 


Ps. 113, 114,115 


ICo. 6 


24: 


Ps. 


35,36 


Acts 


25 


Ps. 116, 117,118 
Ps. 119. 1-88 


ICo. 7. 1-19 


26 


Ps. 


37, 38, 39 


Acts 


26 


1 Co. 7. 20-40 


Ps. 


40, 41, 42 


Acts 


27. 1-26 


Ps.119. 89-176 


ICo. 8 


27 


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43, 44, 45 


Acts 


27. 27-44 


Ps. 120, 121,122 


ICo. 9 


2S 


Ps. 


46, 47, 48 


Acts 


28 


Ps. 123, 124,125 


1 Co. 10. 1-18 


29 


Ps. 


49.50 


Rom. 


1 


Ps. 126, 127,128 


ICo. 10. 19-33 


30 


Ps. 


51, 52, 53 


Rom. 


2 


Ps. 129, 130,131 


1 Co. 11. 1-16 


31 


Ps. 


64. 65, 56 


Rom. 


3 


Ps. 132, 133,134 


ICo. 11. 17-34 



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Mornvng, 

Ps. 135, 136 
Ps. 137, 138,139 

Ps. 140, 14:1,14:2 

Ps. 14:3, 144,145 
Ps. 146, 147 
Ps. 148, 149,150 
Prov. 1, 
Prov. 3, 4, 5 
Prov. 6, 7 
Prov. 8, 9 
Prov. 10, 11, 12 
Prov. 33, 14,15 
Prov. 16, 17, 18 
Prov. 19, 20, 21 
Prov. 22, 23, 24 
Prov. 25, 26 
Prov. 27, 28, 
Prov. 30, 31 
Eccl. 1, 2, 
Eccl. 4, 5, 
Eccl. 7, 8, 
Eccl. 10, 11, 12 



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ICo. 12 
1 Co. 13 
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Isa. 

Isa. 

Isa. 

Isa. 



ICo. 
ICo. 
ICo. 
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2 Co. 
2 Co. 
2 Co. 
2 Co. 
2 Co. 
2 Co. 
2 Co. 
2 Co. 
2 Co. 
2 Co. 
2 Co. 
2 Co. 
2 Co. 
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Gal. 
Gal. 
Gal. 
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October. 



Morning. 

Isa. 11. 12, 

Isa. 14, 15, 

Isa. 17, 18, 

Isa. 20, 21, 

Isa. 23, 24, 

Isa. 26, 27 

Isa. 28, 29 

Isa. 30, 31 



Evening. 
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16 Eph. 
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34, 35, 

37, 38 

39, 40 

41, 42 

43, 44 

45, 46 

47, 48, 

50, 51, 

53, 54, 

56, 57, 

59, 60, 

62, 63. 

65, 66 

1, 2 

3, 4, 

6, 7, 

9, 10, 

12, 13, 

Jer. 15, 16. 
Jer. 18, 19 
Jer. 20, 21 
Jer. 22, 23 



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Isa. 
Isa. 
Isa. 
Isa. 
Isa. 
Isa. 
Isa. 
Isa. 
Isa. 
Isa. 
Isa. 
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Jer. 
Jer. 
Jer. 
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Phil. 
Phil. 
Phil. 
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Col. a 
Col. 3 
Col. 4 
1 Thes. 1 
1 Thes. 2 
1 Thes. 3 
1 Thes. 4 

1 Thes. 5 

2 Thes. I 
2 Thes. 2 
2 Thes. 3 
ITim. 1 
ITim. 3 
1 Tim. 3 
ITim. 4 

1 Tim. 6 
ITim. 6 

2 Tim. 1 
2 Tim. 2 
2 Tim. 3 
2 Tim. 4 
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5. 17-33 
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1 


Norember. 


December. 




Morning. 


Evening. 


Morning. 


Evening. 


1 


Jer. 24, 25, 26 


Titus 2 


Ezek. 40, 41 


2 Pet. 3 


2 


Jer. 27, 28, 29 


Titus 3 


Ezek. 42, 43, 44 


1 John 1 


3 


Jer. 30, 31 


Philemon 


Ezek. 45, 46 


1 John 2 


4 


Jer. 32, 33 


Heb. 1 


Ezek. 47, 48 


1 John 3 


5 


Jer. 34, 35, 36 


Heb. 2 


Dan. 1, 2 


1 John 4 


6 


Jer. 37, 38, 39 


Heb. 3 


Dan. 3, 4 


1 John 5 




Jer. 40, 41, 42 


Heb. 4 


Dan. 5, 6, 7 


2 John 


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Jer. 48, 44, 45 


Heb. 5 


Dan. 8, 9,10 


3 John 


( 1 


Jer. 46, 47 


Heb. 6 


Dan. 11. 12 


Jude 


lb 


Jer. 48, 49 


Heb. 7 


Hos. 1, 2, 3, 4 


Rev. 1 


11 


Jer. 50 


Heb. 8 


Hos. 5, 6, 7, 8 
Hos. 9, 10, 11 


Rev. 2 


12 


Jer. 51, 52 


Heb. 9 


Rev. 3 


13 


Lam. 1. 2 


Heb. 10. 1-18 


Hos. 12, 13, 14 


Rev. 4 


14 


Lam. 3, 4, 5 


Heb. 10. 19-39 


Joel 1, 2, 3 


Rev. 5 


15 


Ezek. 1, 2 


Heb. 11. 1-19 


Amos 1, 2 3 


Rev. 6 


16 


Ezek. 3, 4 


Heb. 11. 20-40 


Amos 4, 5 6 


Rev. 7 


17 


Ezek. 5, 6, 7 


Heb. 12 


Amos 7, 8 9 


Rev. 8 


18 


Ezek. 8, 9, 10 


Heb. 13 


Obadiah 


Rev. 9 


19 


Ezek. 11, 12, 13 


Jas. 1 


Jon. 1, 2, 3, 4 


Rev. 10 


20 


Ezek. 14, 15 


Jas. 2 


Mic. 1, 2, 3 


Rev. 11 


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Ezek. 16, 17 


Jas. 3 


Mic. 4, 5 


Rev. 12 


22 


Ezek. 18, 19 


Jas. 4 


Mic. 6, 7 


Rev. 13 


:i3 


Ezek. 20, 21 


Jas. 5 


Nah. 1, 2, 3 


Rev. 14 




Ezek. 22,23 


IPet. 1 


Hab. 1, 2, 3 


Rev. 15 


' i5 


Ezek. 24, 25, 26 


1 Pet. 2 


Zeph. 1, 2, 3 


Rev. 16 


OA 


Ezek. 27, 28, 29 


IPet. 3 


Hag. 1, 2 


Rev. 17 


27 


Ezek. 30, 31, 32 


IPet. 4 


Zee. 1, 2, 3, 4 
Zee. 5, 6, 7, 8 


Rev. 18 




Ezek. 33,34 


IPet. 5 


Rev. 19 


' 'Q 


Ezek. 35, 36 


2 Pet. 1 


Zee. 9, 10, 11,12 


Rev. 20 


30 


Ezek. 37, 38, 39 


2 Pet. 2 


Zee. 13, 14 


Rev. 21 


31 






Mai. 1, 2, 3, 4 


Rev. 22 



Books for Devotional Reading: Thomas a Kempis' Imita- 
tion of Christ ; Bogatsky's Golden Treasury : Cuyler's Heart Life : 
Havergal's Kept for the Master's f/se, and others: Macduff's Mind 
and Words of Jesus and Brighter Than the Sun : Phelps' The Still 
Hour: Taylor's Holy Living and Holy Dying ; Tholuck's Hours of 
Christian Devotion; Smith'^s Christian's Secret of a Happy Life; 
Farrar's Truths to Live By; Matheson's Moments on the Mount; 
Murray's With Christ in the School of Prayer, Abide in Christ, Like 
Christ, and others; Meyer's Present Tenses, Future Tenses. Key 
Words, and others; Daily Strength for Daily Needs ; BateB' Between 
the Lights: Mrs. Bottome's Crumbs from the King's Table; Mead's 
7%e Wonderful Counselor; Keble's Christian Fear; Ad Lucem: 
Larcom's At the Beautiful Gate; Palgrave's Treasury of Sacred 
Poetry and Song. 

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154 Bible Wonders. 

XXII. 
Parables and Miracles of the Bible* 

BY REV. C. H. H. WRIGHT, D.D., PH.D. 

I. Old Testament. 

1. Pabables. 

The trees making a king addressed by 

Jotbam to the men of Shechem Judg. 9:7-15. 

The escaped prisoner, addressed to Ahab by 

the unknown prophet I. Ki. 20:35-40. 

The vision of Micaiah, told by him to Ahab. I. Ki. 22:19-23. 
The thistle and cedar, addressed by Jehoash 

toAmaziah II. Ki, 14:9. 

The drunkard, addressed to the people of 

Irael Prov. 23:29-35. 

The sluggard and his vineyard, to the people 

of Israel Prov. 24:30-34. 

The unfruitful vineyard, to the people of 

Israel Isa. 5:1-6. 

The plowman, or good out of evil, to the 

people of Israel Isa. 28:23-29. 

The great eagles and the vine S^^^- -^I '^'P' 

The lion's whelps Ezek. 19:2-9. 

The two harlots, addressed to the people of 

Israel ••• Ezek. 23. 

The boiling pot and its scum, addressed to 

the people of Israel Ezek. 24:3-5. 

The cedar in Lebanon p ®i ^o 

The sea monster J^^ , • 32:1-16. 

The shepherds and the flock Ezek. 34. 

The dry bones in the valley ^^^r Vr' 

The living waters Ezek. 47. 

Many others, as in Amos 7-9; Zech. 1.7-6; 

and the true and the false shepherd m 

Zech. 11. 

2. Miracles. 

Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah Gen. 19:24. 

Lot's wife turned to a pillar of salt Gen. 19:26. 

Birth of Isaac Gen. 21:1-3. 

The burning bush not consumed Ex. 3 :2. 

Aaron's rod changed into a serpent Ex. 7 :10-12. 

The plagues of Egypt— „ 

1. The waters made blood Ex.7 :20-25. 

2. The frogs ,...,, Ex. 8:5-14, 



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3. The lice Ex.8:16-18. 

4. The flies Ex. 8:20-24. 

5. The murrain Ex. 9:3-6. 

6. The boils Ex.9:8-ll. 

7. The thunder, hail, etc Ex. 9:22-26. 

8. The locusts Ex. 10 :12-19. 

9. The darkness Ex. 10 :21-23. 

10. The death of the flrstborn Ex. 10:11-23. 

The Red Sea divided by east wind; Israel 
passes through Ex. 14:21-31. 

The waters of Marah sweetened Ex. 15:23-25. 

The manna sent daily— Sabbath excepted,. Ex. 10:14-35. 

The water from the smitten rock at Rephi- 
dim Ex. 17:5-7. 

Nadab and Abihu consumed for offering 
'• strange fire." Lev. 10:1, 2. 

Part of Israel burned for ungrateful and 
faithless discontent Num. 11 :l-3. 

The earth swallows Korah, etc., fire and 
plague follow Num. 16 :32 ff . 

Aaron's»rod budding Num. 17 :1 ff. 

Water from the rock smitten twice at Meri- 
bah Num. 20 7-11. 

The brazen serpent; Israel healed Num. 21:8, 9. 

The river Jordan stopped; Israel crosses 
dryshod Josh. 3 :14-17. 

The walls of Jericho fall down Josh. 6 :6-20. 

Sun and moon stayed (?); hailstorm in aid 
of Israel Josh. 10 :11-14. 

Strength of Samson Judg. 14:16. 

The water flows from the hollow place, " in [margia 

Lehi " (Heb.) Judg. 15 :19, 

Dagon falls twice before the ark ; emerods 
on Philistines I. Sa. 5:1-12. 

The men of Beth-shemesh smitten for look- 
ing into the ark I. Sa. 6:19, 

A thunderstorm causes a panic in the Phil- 
istines' army I. Sa. 7:10:12. 

The thunder and rain in harvest I. Sa. 12 :17, 18. 

The sound in the mulberry trees ; 1. e., God 
goeth before II. Sa. 5 :23-25. 

Uzzah struck dead for touching the ark II. Sa. 6:7. 

The riddle put forth by Samson to his mar- 
riage guests Jukg. 14 :14. 

The poor man's ewe lamb, told by Nathan 
to David II. Sa. 12:1-6. 

Parable of the woman of Tekoah and her 
two sons II. Sa. 14:6-11. 

Jeroboam's hand withered and his new altar 
destroyed I. Ki. 13:4-6. 

The widow of Zarephath's meal and oil in- 
creased by Elijah I. Ki. 17:14-16. 



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The widow's son raised from death I. Ki. 17:17-24. 

Drought, fire from heaven, and rain at the 
prayer of Elijah; Ehjah wondrously fed. .1. Ki. 17-19. 
"all of Aphek falls upon thousands of 
Syrians I. Ki. 20:30. 

Ahaziah's captains and men consumed by 
fire II. Ki. 1:10-12. 

The river Jordan divided hy Elijah and 
Elisha successively II. Ki. 2 :7, 8, 14. 

Elijah translated to heaven II. Ki. 2:11. 

The waters of Jericho healed with salt II. Ki. 2:21, 22. 

Bears destroy forty-two mocking "young 
men" (Heb.) IT. Ki. 2:24. 

Water f or Jehoshaphat and the allied army.II. Ki. 3:16-20. 

The widow's oil multiplied II. Ki. 4 :2-7. 

The gift of a son to the Shunammite, and 
the raising afterward of that son from the 
dead II. Ki. 4:14-37. 

The deadly pottage cured with meal II. Ki. 4:38-41. 

The hundred men fed with twenty loaves.. .II. Ki. 4:42-44. 

Naaman cured of leprosy, and the disease 
transferred to Gehazi II. Ki. 5:10-27. 

The iron ax-head made to swim II. Ki. 6 :5-7. 

The Syrian army smitten with blindness, 
and cured II. Ki. 6:18-20. 

Elisha's bones revive the dead II. Ki. 13:21. 

Sennacherib's army destroyed by a blast. . .II. Ki. 19:35. 

The shadow of the sim goes back ten de- 
grees on the sun-dial of Ahaz II. Ki. 20:9-11. 

Uzziah struck with leprosy II. Chr. 26 :16-21. 

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego de- 
livered from the furnace Dan. 3 : 19-27. 

Daniel saved in the den of lions Dan. 6 :l6-23. 

Deliverance of Jonah Jon. 2:1-10. 



II. New Testament. 

1. PARABLES OF OUR LORD. 

(1) Peculiar to St. Matthetv. 

The tares Matt. 13 :24-30. 

The hidden treasure Matt. 13:44. 

The pearl of great price Matt. 13 :45, 46. 

The drag net Matt. 13:47. 

The unmerciful servant Matt. 18 :23-34. 

Laborers in the vineyard Matt. 20 :1-17. 

The father and two sons Matt. 21 :28-32. 

The marriage of the king's son Matt. 21 :l-14. 

The ten virgins Matt. 25:1-13. 

The talents Matt. 25:14r-30. 

The sheep and goats Matt. 35:21-46. 



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(2) Peculiar to St. Mark. 

Growth of seed Mk. 4:26-29. 

The household watching Mk. 13:34-36. 

(3) Peculiar to St. Luke. 

The two debtors Lk. 7:36-50. 

The good Samaritan. Lk. 10:25-37. 

The friend at midnight Lk. 11 :5-8. 

The rich fool Lk. 12 :16-21. 

The servants watching Lk. 12:36-40. 

The steward on trial Lk. 12 :42-48. 

The barren fig tree Lk. 13 :6-9. 

The great supper Lk. 14:16-24. 

The tower and the warring king Lk. 14:28-33. 

The lost piece of money Lk. 15 :8-10. 

The prodigal son and his elder brother . Lk. 15:11-32. 
The unjust steward, or dishonest land agent.Lk. 16:1-13. 

The rich man and Lazarus Lk. 16 :19-31. 

The master and servant Lk. 17:7-10. 

The importunate widow Lk. 18:1-8. 

The Pharisee and the publican Lk. 18 :9-14. 

The pounds Lk. 19:12-27 

(4) Peculiar to St. John. 

The bread of life John 6. 

The shepherd and the sheep John 10. 

The vine and the branches John 15. 

(5) Common to Matthew and Luke. 

House built on rock and on sand. .Matt.*7:24; Lk. 6:48. 

The leaven Matt. 13:33; Lk. 13:20. 

The lost sheep Matt. 18:12; Lk. 15. 

(6) Common to Matthew, Mark, and Luke. 

The candle under a bushel Matt. 5; Mk. 4; Lk. 8. 

The new cloth on old garment Matt. 9 ; Mk. 2 ; Lk. 5. 

New wine and old bottles Matt. 9 ; Mk. 2 ; Lk. 5. 

The sower Matt. 13 ; Mk. 4 ; Lk. 8. 

The mustard seed Matt. 13:31, 32; Mk. 4:31, 

32; Lk. 13:18,19. 
The vineyard and husbandmen. . . .Matt. 21 ; Mk. 12; Lk. 21, 

2. MIRACLES OF OUR LORD. 

(1) Peculiar to St. Matthew. 

Two blind men cured Matt. 9:27-31. 

Dumb spirit cast out Matt. 9 :32, 33. 

Tribute money provided Matt. 17 :24-27. 



158 Bible Wonders. 



(2) Peculiar to St. Mark. 

Deaf and dumb man cured Mk. 7 :31-37. 

Blind man cured Mk. 8 :22-26. 

(3) Peculiar to St. Luke. 

Jesus passes through crowd at Nazareth. . Lk. 4:28-30. 

Draught of fishes Lk. 5:1-11. 

Widow's son raised to life at Nain Lk. 7 :11-17. 

Woman's infirmity cured Lk. 13 :11-17. 

Dropsy cured Lk. 14:1-6. 

Ten lepers cleansed Lk. 17 :11-19. 

The ear of Malchus healed Lk. 22 :50, 51. 

(4) Peculiar to St. John. 

Water made wine at Cana John 2:1-11. 

Nobleman's son cured of fever John 4.46-54. 

Impotent man cured at Jerusalem John 5:1-9. 

Jesus passes through crowd in the temple. .John 8:59. 

Man born blind cured at Jerusalem John 9:1-7. 

Lazarus raised from the dead at Bethany.. .John 11:38-44. 

Falling backward of the soldiers John 18:5, 6. 

Draught of 153 fishes John 21 :1-14. 

(5) Common to Matthew and Mark. 

Syrophenician's daughter cured.. .Matt. 15:28; Mk. 7:24. 

The four thousand fed Matt. 15:32; Mk. 8:1. 

The fig tree blasted Matt. 21 :19 ; Mk. 11:13. 

(6) Comm,on to Matthew and Luke. 

Centurion's palsied servant cured..Matt. 8:5; Lk. 7:1. 
Blind and dumb demoniac cured. .Matt. 12:22; Lk. 11:14. 

(7) Common to Mark and Luke. 
Demoniac in synagogue cured Mk. 1:23; Lk. 4:33. 

(8) Common to Matthew, Mark, and Luke. 
Peter's mother-in-law cured. . Matt. 8 :14 ; Mk. 1 :30 ; Lk. 4:38. 

4. MIRACLES REFERRED TO IN THE EPISTLES AND 
REVELATION. 

Miracles wrought by Paul and 

others Eom. 15:18, 19; I. Cor. 12:9, 

10, 28:31; 14:18; Gal. 3:5; 
I. Tim. 1:20. 

Miracle of tongues I. Cor. 14 :27-33. 

Appearance of Christ after his 
resurrection I. Cor. 15:4-8. 



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Visions and revelationsofPaul.II. Cor. 12:1-5; with 12. 

The tempest stilled Matt. 8:23; Mk. 4:37 ; Lk.8:22. 

The demoniacs cured Matt. 8 :28 ; Mk. 5 :l ; Lk. 8 :26. 

The leper cured Matt. 8 :2 ; Mk. 1 :40 ; Lk. 5 :12. 

The daughter of Jairus raised 

to life Matt.9:23;Mk.5:23; Lk.8:41. 

Woman's issue of blood cured .Matt. 9 :20 ; Mk.5 :25 ; Lk. 8 :43. 

A paralytic cured Matt. 9 :2 ; Mk. 2 :3 ; Lk. 5 :18. 

Man's withered hand cured ... Matt. 12:10; Mk. 3:1; Lk. 6:6. 

Devil cast out of boy Matt.17 :14 ; Mk.9 :14 ; Lk. 9 :37. 

Blind men cured Matt. 20:30; Mk. 10:46; Lk. 

18:35. 

(9) Common to Matthew, Mark, and John. 

Christ walks on the sea Matt. 14:25; Mk. 6:48; John 

6:19. 

(10) Common to All the Evangelists. 

The five thousand fed Matt. 14:15; Mk. 6:30; Lk. 

9:10; John 6:1-14. 

3. MIRACLES RECORDED IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 

The outpouring of the Holy Spirit, 

with the accompanying signs Acts 2. 

The gift of tongues Acts 2:4-11; 10:44-46. 

Lame man at Beautiful Gate of the 

temple Acts 3. 

Death of Ananias and Sapphira Acts 5. 

Healing of sick in streets by Peter, 

etc Acts 5:15, 16. 

Prison opened for apostles by angels. Acts 5 :19 ; 12 :7-ll. 

Stephen's dying vision of Christ Acts 7:55, 56. 

Unclean spirits cast out by Philip Acts 8:6, 7. 

Christ's appearance to Saul on his 

way to Damascus Acts 9:3 ff.; 22:6 flf.; 

26:13-19. 

Saul's recovery of his sight Acts9:17,18; 22:12,13. 

Eneas healed of palsy by Peter Acts 9:33, 34. 

Raising of Dorcas to life by Peter.. . .Acts 9:40. 

Vision of Cornelius Acts 10 :3, 4, 30-32. 

Vision of Peter Acts 10 and 11. 

Peter miraculously released from 

prison Acts 12 :7-ll. 

Elymas stricken with blindness by 

Paid Acts 13:11. 

Healing of cripple at Lystra Acts 14:8-18. 

Vision of " man of Macedonia " seen 

by Paul Acts 16:9. 

Spirit of divination cast out of a dam- 
sel by Paul Acts 16:16-18. 

Earthquake at Philippi Acts 16 :25, 26. 



160 Bible Wonders. 

Special miracles wrought by Paul at 
Ephesus Acts it> :ii, iz. 

Evil spirit puts to flight Sceva's sons. Acts 19:13-16. 

Raising of Eutychus to life by Paul. .Acts 20.9-12. 

Prophecies of Agabus Acts 11 .28 ; 21 :ii. 

Appearance! otchrist to Paul Acts 9:3 rf; g:17.21; 

2o :lli 27:2o, 2s« 

Paul unharmed by bite of viper. . . .Acts 28:3-5. 

Paul heals Publius' father and other „„ „ ^ 
sick at Melita • - Acts 28:8, 9. 

" Powers of the world to come " (i. e., 
of gospel times) Heb. 2:4; 6:5. 

The visions of John in Patmos Rev. 1 :10 ; 4 to end of 

book. 

■Rooks of Reference: Trench on the Parables a,nd Miracles: 
Th(^^mT?s Sirisian Miracles : Burton's Chrisfs Acted Parables: 
TySonVrh/ParablT^^^^ 

Miracles of Our Saviour ; Arnot's Parables of Our Lord ; Laidlaw 8 
The Miracles of Our Lord : George MacDonald's Miracles of Our 
Lord ; Goebel's Parables of Jesus. 

Copyright, 1895, by International Bible Agency, Used by permission. 



Bible Wonders. ICl 



XXIII. 

Sammary of the Gospel IncicJents and 
Harmony of the Four Gospels. 

By Rev. A. R. Pausset, D.D., Canon and Prebendary 

OF York, Sometime University Scholar and 

Senior Classical Moderator of Trinity 

College, Dublin. 

FOUR gospels. 
The separation of the sacred Scriptures from uninspired 
writers is sealed by the twofold inspiration, (l) that of the 
inspired authors, and (2) that of the judges, i. e., the pro- 
phets and "the discerners of spirits" (l Cor. 12.10; 1 John 
4.1). Paul appeals to the latter as attesting his epistle 
(1 Cor. 14.37). First came belief in. Christ, the incarnate 
Word ; then the oral word, about Christ ; then gi-adually 
arose the written word, which ultimately, with the other 
Scriptures, was formed into a canon. The gospel was first 
spoken while the apostles were living; but before their 
death provision was made for their testimony becoming a 
continuous legacy for the Church. The four, therefore, 
and no more, were recognized by the Christian Church at 
that early date. The concurrence of the four in certain 
unusual expressions, and in the choice of incidents, implies 
that there was at first a common oral Gospel (referred to 
in Luke 1.4, as " taught by word of mouth" to Theophilus, 
R. V. margin. The three synoptical Gospels are called so 
from their giving a synopsis (in the main alike) of Christ's 
ministry in Galilee. St. John, long after, treats of Christ's 
ministry in Judea. His incidents are new, except the 
events of Passion Week, the feeding of the five thousand, 
and the stoi-m at sea (recorded to introduce the discourse 
in Galilean Capernaum, eh. 6) ; also incidents of his Gali- 
lean ministry in chaps. 2, 7, and 21, which they have not. 
They also hint at Christ's ministry in Judea (Matt. 23.37; 
Luke 13.34). If the total contents be taken as two hundred, 
there are seven peculiarities in Mark, forty-two in Matthew, 
fifty-nine in Luke, ninety-two in John (Westcott). Mark is 
no mere copyist of Matthew ; for of all four he has the most 
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162 Bible Wonders. 



graphic touches, as of an eye-witness of the scenes (for in- 
ternal evidence confirms the saying of the fathers that he 
was "Peter's interpreter"), though his Gospel is shortest. 
Luke's details are almost peculiar to himself, from 9.51 
(which refers to Christ's last journey toward Jerusalem) on 
to 18.15, the blessing of the children, where he joins Mat- 
thew and Mark. Matthew writes for Jews, his theme being 
"the kingdom of heaven" (in Mark and Luke, "the king- 
dom of God") as opposed to the earthly kingdom, which 
the Jews were then expecting. Mark's Gospel has a Roman 
aspect; his theme is Christ's practical service as the serv- 
ant of God for man. His very name is Eoman. The Gos- 
pel of Luke, whose name is Greek, has a Greek aspect; his 
theme is Christ " the Son of man" in his sympathizing hu- 
manity. John writes for the spiritual of every race ; his 
theme is the Son of God manifested as our 2ight and life. 
His Gospel is the complement of the three synoptists. 
Christ appears as (l) the Son of David in Matthew; (2) the 
Servant of God in Mark ; (3) the Son of man in Luke ; (4) the 
Son of God in John. As Matthew's Gospel is characterized 
by discourses of Jesus, so Mark's Gospel by his acts. We 
have thus the three chief human civilizations meeting— the 
Hebrew theocracy answering to Matthew's aspect of Christ, 
the Eoman polity answering to Mark's, the Greek literature 
and art answering to Luke, while in John the spiritual pre- 
dominates. John forms the climax, portraying Christ's 
divinity, as the synoptists portray his humanity. 

SPIRITUAL KEIiATIONS OF THE FOUR. 

Seeming discrepancies occur. The modes of harmonizing 
these may not be the right ones, but they prove at least 
that the discrepancies are not necessarily irreconcilable. 
Reconcilable diversity is a confirmation of the truth, be- 
cause it disproves collusion and shows the witnesses to be 
independent. Sameness in all four would make all but the 
first mere copies. Variation in the order of events in differ- 
ent Gospels shows that chronological sequence is not the 
aim always, but that the spiritual connection is as true in 
those Gospels which do not observe the chronological order 
as in those which do. There are not four different Gospels, 



Bible Wonders. 168 



but one fourfold Gospel of Jesus Christ from the Holy 
Ghost, who inspired four intelligent writers to present him 
from a fourfold point of view, forming one complete whole. 

REALITY OF JESUS' CLAIM. 

The inspired summary of Jesus' life is, "God anointed 
him with the Holy Ghost and with power : who went about 
doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the 
devil ; for God was with him " (Acts 10.38, R. V.). In Jesus 
God is manifested as he is, and man as he ought to be. He 
brings back to man the image of God in which man was 
made, but which man had lost. " If the apostles or any 
one else had invented Christ, the inventor would be more 
wonderful than the hero" (Rousseau). His claim to God- 
head and Messiahship rests on (l) Fulfilled prophecy, as 
Isa. 53, and Holy Scripture (John 5.39) ; (2) Miracles, con- 
firmed by Scripture (John 5.36; 7.31 ; 10.25, 38) ; (3) His peer- 
less character, excluding alike the theory of fanaticism and 
of imposture ; (4) His resurrection (Rom. 1.4) ; (5) The moral 
and social changes wrought in the world through the 
Church of Christ, in which his Spirit works (Col. 1.6); 
(6) The transformation of individuals (1 Cor. 6.10, 11), the 
witness of his Spirit with their spirit that he satisfies all 
their soul's needs (Rom. 8.16; Eph. 3.17-20). 

Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua (Acts 7.45; Heb. 4.8); 
it means Jehovah- Saviour, for "he Mmse?/( Greek) saves 
his people from their sins" (Matt. 1.21); not merely as 
Joshua, God's instrument; Christ (Greek), Messiah (He- 
brew), anointed as Prophet, Priest, and King, alone com- 
bining the three. Others, as Moses, David, etc., were only 
anointed to one or two of the three offices. 



Books OF Reference: Westcott's Introduction to the Study of 
the Four Gospels; Dale's Lwing Christ and the Four Gospels: 
Thompson's Four Evange/isis ;' Gregory's Why Four Gospels? 
Genung's The Fourfold Story: Robinson's Harmony of the Gospels; 
C&dman's Critical Harmony of the Gospels ; Broadus' Harmony of 
the Gospels (Revised Version); Strong's Our Lord's Life; Geikie's 
Life of Christ; Andrews' Life of Our Lord; Stalker's Life of 
Christ ; Edersheim's Jesus the Messiah (1 vol.) and Life and Times of 
Jesus the Messiah (2 vols.) ; Farrar's Life of Christ ; Kephart's Jesus 
the Nazarene and Public Life of Christ (chart) ; Weiss' LJe of Christ: 
Wendt's The Teachings of Jesus ; Schaff's Person of Chnst ; Hnrl- 
but's Studies in the Four Gospels; UUmann's Smlessness of Jesus ; 
Bushnell's Character of Jesus ; Broadus' Jesus of Nazareth ; Fair- 
bairn's Place of Christ in Modern Theology : Geiue's New Testament 
Hours : The Gospels. 



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XXIV. 
Table of Weights, Money, and Meastifes* 



I. Weights. 



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Troy Weight, 
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1 Shekel (holy shekel).. . . . .i Oi 01 9[ 

1 Maneh (mina) (=50 shekels) . . 1 11 8 
1 Talent (=60 manehs) I 117' (aD)out)i 

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1 Talent (60 manehs) I 131| 81 14 



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$0.64 

32.00 

1,920.00 



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480.00 

28,800.00 



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(a) Copper. 

Leptonimite) about .0012 

Quadrans (farthing) =2 lepta about .0026 

Assarioti or As (penny) =4 quadrantes about .01 

(6) Silver. 

Denaritis (penny) =drachma =16 asses about .16 

Didrachm=2 drachmas or denaru .• ^j 

Stater or tetradrachm=shekel. -p* 

Mina or pound {Attic)=SO shekels 19.10 

Talent=60 minse {Attic) 1,146.00 

(c) Gold. 

Imperial Aureus S.04 

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Bible Wonders. 181 



III. Measure of Capacity and Length. 

Respecting measures of liquid and dry capacity, it is im- 

Eossible to give an accurate standard of content ; for rab- 
inic authorities measure an ephah or batli as four gallons, 
while Josephus assigns it double this measure. Assuming, 
then, eight gallons as an approximate hypothetical esti- 
mate for the content of an ephah, we obtani the following 
table of Hebrew measm-es of capacity: 

1 Log % pint. 

1 Cab=4 logs Z}4 pints. 

1 Hin=3 cabs l^ gallons. 

1 Omer=l| cabs - 6 pints. 

lSeah=3>(r omers 2% gallons. 

1 Ephah or bath =3 seahs 8 gallons. 

1 Lethech=5 ephahs 40 gallons. 

1 Homer=10 ephahs 80 gallons. 

Similarly, respecting measures of length, we have in- 
suflBcient data to enable us to do more than present the 
following approximations : 

1 Digit X inch. 

1 Palm =4 digits 3 inches. 

1 Span =3 palms 9 inches. 

1 Cubit=2 spans 1J4 feet. 

1 Reed=6 cubits, 9 feet. 

In the Greek and Roman periods the following measures 
of distance prevailed in common use : 

A Roman foot 11.65 inches. 

A Greek foot ... 1 foot 0.135 inch. 

A Roman passus 4 feet 10>^ inches. 

A Greek fathom {opyvid) 6 feet 1 inch. 

A Greek furlong (arddiov) 202 yards. 

A Roman mile 0.92 English mile, 

or about 1,615 yards. 

A Persian parasang 3X miles (nearly). 

Book of Reference : Williamson's TJie Money of the Bible. 

In patriarchal times silver was used as a medium of 
exchange (Gen. 23. 16). When Abraham purchased from 
Ephron the Hittite " the field and the cave which was 
therein," as a burial place for Sarah, he "weighed to 
Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience 
of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels, . . . current 
money with the merchant." With the process of weigh- 



182 Bible Wonders. 

ing which obtained at that time we are not familiar, 
though undoubtedly stones were used for weights. 
The term "pieces of money," Gen. 83. 19, is rendered 
" lambs " in the margin, from which it is surmised that 
the weight used at that time derived its name from its 
resemblance in shape to a lamb. Small statues in bronze 
in the form of a crouching lion, found at Nimrud, are 
thought to have been used for weights by the Assyrians. 
The word "balances" is used in the Bible, and an in- 
strument answering to our steelyards was undoubtedly 
used for weighing. The familiar Bible words " shekel " 
and "talent" sometimes designate weights as well as 
"denominations of money, of certain values, in gold 
and silver." 



PART III. 



Prefatory Note to the Pronouncingf 
Vocabulary. 

The following catalogue embraces all the 
names of jjersons and places contained in 
both the Authorized and Revised Versions 
of the Bible, and in addition thereto certain 
words which are used in their Hebrew and 
Greek forms, some of which are applied to 
persons or places as appellations. To this 
class belong such words as Eben-ezer, He- 
brew, Nehushtan, Pentecost, Urim, and 
Thummim. Some words which are spelled 
precisely alike have different meanings, and 
are pronounced differently in different 
places ; hence they are repeated. For exam- 
ple, A'in is a city of Judah, whereas 
A'in is the Hebrew caption of the sixteenth 
section of the 119th Psalm. Nun is the 
father of Joshua, whereas Nun is the title 
of the fourteenth section of the Psalm re- 



184 Pronouncing Vocabulary. 

f erred to above. Then, again, certain names 
are spelled differently in the two Testa- 
ments. Thus the Am-min'a-dab of Genesis 
is the A-min'a-dab of Matthew. Some com- 
pound names in the Hebrew become simple 
names in the Greek rendering. Thus the 
Beth'-le-hem of the Old Testament is ren- 
dered Bethle-hem in the New. In one in- 
stance a name is rendered in both the 
compound and simple forms in the Old 
Testament, namely, Rab -sha-keh. This is 
its form in 2 Kings, chapter 19, whereas in 
Isaiah chapter 37, the chapters being almost 
exactly alike, it is rendered Rab'sha-keh. In 
the Revised Version, however, only the lat- 
ter form is used. Then, again, certain 
names that are common to both Versions are 
spelled differently. A-hol-i-ba'mah and Job 
(the latter in only one instance) in the Au- 
thorized are rendered o-hol-i-ba'mah and 
lob, respectively, in the Revised Version. 
Names common to both Versions are cata- 
logued in the Authorized Version only. 



Proxouncixg Vocabulary. 185 

II. 

Explanation of Characters Used in the 
Pronunciation of Scripture Proper Names, 

The classified table of vowel and consonant sounds 
presented herewith will enable the Bible reader to pro- 
nounce with ease the most diflQcult proper names con- 
tained in the sacred volume. The acute accent (') is 
used to denote the accented syllables ; the unaccented 
syllables are separated by the hyphen (-). Compound 
proper names are indicated by an en dash (-). 



VOWEL SOUI^BS. 



LONG. 


SHORT. 


INTERMEDIATE 


a as in i'bei. 


a as in Bab'y-lon. 


a as in A-bi'a. 


e " E'sau. 


6 " B6n'ja-min. 


6 ' 


' G6-ha'zT. 


i " I'rad. 


i " Gil'e-ad. 


I " 


I-du-me'a. 


" o'bed. 


5 " N6d. 


" 


6-zI'as. 


u " u'ri-el. 


fl " Lfiz. 






y " Tyre. 


^ " 6-lym'pas. 






BROAD. 


OBTUSE. 


OBTUSE. 


a as in Shar'on. 


6 as in Ib'ner. 


ti as 


in ur. 


a " She'ba. 


I " 6'phir. 


u ' 


ib'i-shur. 


a " Xr'nOn. 


6 " I'chor. 


u • 


Shu'a. 


g, " Saul. 


y " Syr'tis. 






CONSONANT SOUNDS. 




HARD. 


SOFT. 




SOFT. 


g as in oe'zer. 


g as in gy'prus. 


§(z) 


as in Jew§. 


J (gs) as il-6 j-an'- 


g " Ggn'tileg. 






d6r. 









186 Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



III. 

Pronouncingf Vocabulaty of Scripture 
Proper Names. 



I. THE AUTHORIZED 


VERSION. 


A. 


A-bi'el 


A-cha'ia 


Aar'on 


A'bi-e'zer 


A-cha'i-cus 


Aar'on-ites 


A'bi-e'zer 


A'chan 


A-bad'don 


A'bi-ez'rite 


A'char 


A-bag'tha 


A'bi-ez'rites 


A'chaz 


Ab'a-na 


Ab'i-gail 


Ach'bor 


Ab'a-rim 


Ab-i-ha'il 


A'cMm 


Ab'ba 


A-brhu 


A'chish 


Ab'da 


A-bi'hud 


Ach'me-tha 


Ab'de-el 


A-bi'jah 


A'chor 


Ab'di 


A-bi'jam 


Ach'sa 


Ab'di-el 


Ab-i-le'ne 


Ach'sah 


Ab'don 


A-bim'a-el 


Ach'shaph 


A-bed'-ne-go 


A-bim'e-lech 


Ach'zib 


A'bel 


A-bin'a-dab 


Act§ 


A'bel-beth-ma'a- 


A-bin'o-am 


Ad'a-dah 


chab 


A-bi'ram 


A'dah 


A'bel-ma'im 


Ab'i-shag 


Ad-a-i'ah 


A'bel-me-ho'lah 


A-bish'a-I 


Ad-a-li'a 


A'bel-miz'ra-im 


A-bish'a-16m 


Ad' am 


A'bel-sbit'tim 


A-bish'u-a 


Ad'a-mah 


A'bez 


Ab'i-shur 


Ad'a-mi 


A'bi 


Ab'i-tal* 


A'dar 


A-bi'a 


Ab'i-tub 


Ad'be-el 


A-bi'ah 


A-bi'ud 


Ad'dan 


A'bi-al'bon 


Ab'ner 


Ad'dar 


A-bi'a-saph 


A'bram 


Ad'di 


A-bi'a-thar 


A'bra-ham 


Ad'don 


A'bib 


Ab'sa-lom 


A'der 


A-bi'da 


Ac'cad 


A'di-el 


A-bi'dah 


Ac'cho 


A'din 


Ab'i-dan 


A-9el'da-ina 


Ad'i-na, 



Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



187 



Ad'i-no 


A'haz 


A-hu'zam 


Ad-i-tha'im 


A-ha-zi'ah 


A-huz'zath 


Ad'la-i 


Ah'ban 


A'i 


Ad'mah 


A'her 


A-i'ah 


Ad'ma-tha 


A'hi 


A-i'ath 


Ad'na 


1-hr ah 


A-i'ja 


Ad'nah 


A-hi'am 


Aij'a-lon 


A-do'nl-be'zek 


A-hi'an 


Aij'e-leth Sha'har 


Ad-o-ni'jah 


A-hi-e'zer 


A'in 


A-don'i-kam 


A-hi'hud 


A'in 


Ad-o-ni'ram 


A-hi'jah 


A'jah 


A-do'nI-ze'dec 


A-hi'kam 


Aj'a-lon 


Ad-o-ra'im 


A-hi'lud 


A'kan 


A-dd'ram 


A-him'a-az 


Ak'kub 


A-dram'rae-lech 


A-hi'man 


A-krab'bim 


Ad-ra-myt'ti-um 


A-him'e-lech 


Al'a-meth 


A'dri-a 


A-hi'moth 


A-lam'me-lech 


A'drl-el 


A-hin'a-dab 


Al'a-moth 


A-dul'lam 


A-hin'o-am 


Al'e-meth 


A-dul'lam-ite 


A-hi'o 


A'leph 


A-dum'mim 


A-hi'ra 


Al-e?-an'der 


^'ne-as 


A-hi'ram 


Al-e?-an'dri-a 


iE'non 


A-hi'ram-ites 


Al-e?-aii'dri-an§ 


Ag'a-bus 


A-his'a-mach 


A-li'ah 


A'gag 


A-hish'a-har 


A-li'an 


A'gag-ite 


A-hl'shar 


Al-le-lu'ia 


A'gar 


A-hith'o-phel 


Al'lon 


Ag'e-e 


A-hi'tub 


Al'lon-bach'uth 


A-grip'pa 


Ah'lab 


Al-mo'dad 


A'gur 


Ah'lai 


Al'mon 


A'hab 


A-ho'ah 


Al'mon-dib-la- 


A-Mr'ah 


A-ho'hite 


tha'im 


A-har'hel 


A-ho'lah 


A'loth 


A-has'a-i 


A-ho'li-ab 


Al'pha 


A-has'ba-I 


A-hol'i-bah 


Al-phae'us 


A-ha§-u-e'rus 


A-hol-i-ba'mah 


Al-tas'chith 


A-ha'va 


A-hu'ma-i 


A'lush 



188 Peonouncing Yocabulaey. 



Al'vah 

Al'van 

A'mad 

A'mal 

Am'a-lek 

Am'a-lek-ite 

Am'a-lek-ites 

A'mam 

Am'a-na 

JLm-a-ri'ah 

Am'a-sa 

A-maz'a-I 

A-mash'a-i 

Am-a-si'ah 

Am-a-zi'ah 

A-men' 

A'mi 

A-min'a-dab 

A-mit'ta-i 

Am'mah 

Am'mi 

Arn'mi-el 

Am-ml'hud 

Am-min'a-dab 

Am'mi-na'dib 

Am-mi-shad'da-I 

Am-miz'a-bad 

Am'mon 

Arn'mon-ite 

Am'mon-ites 

Am'mon-it-ess 

Am'non 

A'mok 

A'mon 

Am'or-ite 

Am'or-ites 

A'mos 



A'moz 

Am-phip'o-lis 

Am'pli-as 

Am'ram 

Am'ram-ites 

Am'ra-phel 

Am'zi 

A'nab 

A'nah 

An-a-ba'rath 

An-a-i'ah 

A'nak 

An'a-kimg 

An'a-mim 

A-nam'me-lech 

A'nan 

An-a'ni 

An-a-ni'ah 

An-a-ni'as 

A'nath 

A-nath'e-ma 

An'a-thath 

An'drew 

An-dro-nl'cus 

A'nem 

A'ner 

An'e-thoth-ite 

An'e-toth-ite 

A'ni-am 

A'nim 

An'na 

An'nas 

An'ti-chrlst 

An'tx-och 

An'ti-pas 

An-tip'a-tris 

An-to-thi'jah 



An'toth-ite 

A'nub 

A-pel'le§ 

A-phar'sach-ites 

A-phar'sath- 

chites 
A-phar' sites 
A'phek 
A-phe'kah 
A-phi'ah 
A'phik 
Aph'rah 
Aph'seg 
Ap-ol-lo'ni-a 
A-pol'los 
A-pol'ly-on 
Ap'pa-im 
Ap'phi-a 
Ap'pi-i fo'riim 
Aq'ui-la 
Ar 
A'ra 
A'rab 
Ar'a-bah 
A-ra'bi-a 
A-ra'bl-an 
A-ra'bi-an§ 
A'rad 
A'rah 
A 'ram 
A'ram-it-ess 
A'ram-na-ha- 

ra'im 
A'ram-zo'bah 
A'ran 
Ar'a-rat 
A-rau'nah 



Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



189 



Ar'ba 

Ar'bah 

Ar'bath-ite 

Ar'bite 

Ar-che-la'us 

Ar'che-vites 

Ar'chI 

Ar-chip'pns 

Ar'chite 

Arc-tu'rus 

Ard 

Ard'ites 

Ar'don 

A-re'li 

A-re'lItes 

Ar-e-6p'a-glte 

Ar-e-6p'a-gus 

Ar'e-tas 

Ar'gob 

A-rid'a-i 

A-rid'a-tha 

A-ri'eh 

A'ri-el 

Ar-i-ma-thae'a 

A'ri-och 

A-ris'a-i 

Ar-is-tar'cbus 

Ar-is-to-bu'lus 

Ark'ite 

Ar-ma-ged'don 

Ar-me'ni-a 

Ar-mo'ni 

Ar'nan 

Ar'non 

A'rod 

Ar'o-di 

A'rod-ites 



Ar'o-er 

Ar'o-er-ite 

Ar'pad 

Ar'phad 

Ar-phax'ad 

Ar-ta5-erx'e§ 

Ar'te-mas 

Ar'u-both 

A-ru'mali 

Ar'vad 

Ar'vad-ite 

Ar'za 

A'sa 

A'sa-hel 

A-sa-hi'ah 

A-sa-i'ah 

A'saph 

A-sa' re-el 

As-a-re'lah 

As'e-nath 

A'ser 

A'shan 

Ash-be'a 

Ash'bel 

Ash'bel-ites 

Ash'che-naz 

Ash'dod 

Ash'dod-ites 

Ash'doth-ites 

Ash'd6th-pi§'gah 

Ash'er 

Ash'er-ites 

Ash'i-ma 

Ash'ke-lon 

Ash'ke-naz 

Ash'nah 

Ash'pe-naz 



Ash'ri-el 
Ash'ta-roth 
Ash'te-rath-ite 
Ash'te-roth Kar- 

na'im 
Ash'to-reth 
Ash'ur 
Ash'ur-ites 
Ash'vath 
A'gia 
A'si-el 
As'ke-lon 
As'nah 
As-nap'per 
As'pa-tha 
As'ri-el 
As'ri-el-ites 
As'shur 
As-shu'rim 
As'sir 
As'sos 
As'sur 
As-syr'i-a 
As-syr-i-an 
As'syr'i-an§ 
As'ta-roth 
A-sup'pim 
A-syn'cri-tus 
A'tad 
At'a-rah 
At'a-roth 
At'a-roth-a'dar 
At'a-roth-ad'dar 
A'ter 
A'thach 
Ath-a-i'ah 
Ath-a-li'ah 



190 Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



A-the'ni-an§ 


Az'zah 


Ba-ha'rum-ite 


Ath'eng 


Az'zan 


Ba-hu'rim 


Ath'lai 


Az'zur 


Ba'jith 


At'roth 




Bak-bak'kar 


At'tai 


B. 


Bak'buk 


At-ta-li'a 


Ba'al 


Bak-buk-i'ah 


Au-gus'tus 


Ba'al-ah 


Balaam 


A'va 


Ba'al-ath 


Ba'lac 


A'ven 


Ba'al-ath-beer 


Bal'a-dan 


A' vim 


Ba'al-be'rith 


Ba'lah 


AVim§ 


Ba'al-e 


Ba'lak 


A'vites 


Ba'al-gad 


Ba'mah 


A'vith 


Ba'al-ha'mon 


Ba'moth 


A'zal 


Ba'al-ha'nan 


Ba'moth-ba'al 


Az-a-li'ah 


Ba'al-ha'zor 


Ba'ni 


Az-a-ni'ah 


Ba'al-her'mon 


Bap'tist 


A-zar'a-el 


Bii'al-i 


Ba-rab'bas 


A-zar'e-el 


Ba'al-im 


Bar'a-chel 


Az-a-rl'ah 


Ba'al-is 


Bar-a-chi'as 


A'zaz 


Ba'al-me'on 


Ba'rak 


Az-a-zl'ah 


Ba'al-pe'or 


Bar-hu'mite 


Az'buk 


Ba'al-per'a-zim 


Ba-ri'ah 


A-ze'kah 


Ba'al-shal'I-sha 


Bar-Je'§us 


A'zel 


Ba'al-ta'mar 


Bar-Jo'na 


A'zem 


Ba'al-ze'bub 


Bar'kos 


Azgad 


Ba'al-ze'phon 


Bar'na-bas 


A'zi-el 


Ba'a-na 


Bar'sa-bas 


A-zi'za 


Ba'a-nah 


Bar-thol'o-mew 


Az'ma-veth 


Ba'a-ra 


Bar-ti-mae'us 


Az'mon 


Ba-a-se'iali 


Ba'ruch 


Az'noth-ta'bor 


Ba'a-sha 


Bar-zil'la-i 


A'zor 


Ba'bel 


Ba'shan 


A-z6'tus 


Bab'y-lon 


Ba'shan-ha'voth- 


Az'ri-el 


Bab-y-lo'ni-an§ 


ja'ir 


Az'ri-kam 


Bab-y-lo'nish 


Bash'e-math 


A-zu'bah 


Ba'ca 


Bas'math 


A'zur 


Bach'rites 


Bath-rab'bim 



Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



191 



Bath'-she-ba 

Bath'-shu-a 

Bav'a-i 

Baz'lith 

Baz'luth 

Be-a-li'ah 

Be'a-loth 

Beb'a-i 

Be'cher 

Be-cho'rath 

Be'dad 

Be'dan 

Be-de'iah 

Be-el-i'a-da 

Be-el'ze-bub 

Be'er 

Be-e'ra 

Be-e'rah 

Be'er-e'lim 

Be-e'ri 

Be'er-la-hai'-roi 

Be-e'roth 

Be-e'roth-Tte 

Be-e'roth-ites 

Be'er-she'ba 

Be-esh'-te-rah 

Be'he-moth 

Be'kah 

Bel 

Be'la 

Be'lah 

Be'la-ites 

Be'li-al 

Bel-shaz'zar 

Bel-te-shaz'zar 

Ben 

Be-na'iah 



Ben-am'rai 

Ben'e-be'rak 

Ben'e-ja'a-kan 

Ben-ha'dad 

Ben-ha'il 

B6n-ha'nan 

Ben'i-nu 

Ben'ja-min 

Ben'ja-mite 

Ben'ja-mites 

Be'no 

Ben-o'ni 

Ben-zo'heth 

Be'on 

Be'or 

Be'ra 

Ber'a-chah 

Ber-a-chl'ah 

Ber-a-i'ah 

Be-re'a 

Ber-e-chi'ah 

Be'red 

Be'ri 

Be-rl'ah 

Be-rl'ites 

Be'rites 

Be'rith 

Ber-nl'^e 

Be-ro'dach-bal'a- 

dan 
Be-ro'thah 
Ber'o-thai 
Be'roth-Ite 
Be'sai 

Bes-o-de'iah 
Be'sor 
Be'tah 



Be ten 

Beth 

Beth-ab'a-ra 

Beth-a'nath 

B6th-a'noth 

Beth'a-ny 

Beth-ar'a-bah 

Beth-a'ram 

Beth-ar'bel 

Beth-aven 

Beth-az'ma-veth 

Beth - ba'al - me' 

on 
Beth-ba'rah 
Beth-bir'e-i 
Beth'-car 
Beth-da'gon 
Beth-dib'la-tha'- 

im 
Beth'-el 
Beth'-el-ite 
Beth-e'mek 
Be'thgr 
Be-the§'da 
Beth-e'zel 
Beth-ga'der 
Beth-ga'mul 
B eth-hac' ?e-rem 
Beth-ha'ran 
Beth-hog'la 
Beth-hog'lah 
Beth-ho'ron 
Beth-jesh'i-moth 
Beth-jes'i-moth 
Beth-leb'a-oth 
Beth'-le-hem 
Beth'le-hem 



192 Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



Beth'-le-hem- 


Big'va-i 


Bu'zi 


Eph'ra-tah 


Bil'dad 


Bu'zlte 


Beth'-le-hera-ite 


Bil'e-am 




B6th'-le-hem-ju'- 


Bil'gah 


C. 


dah 


Bil'ga-i 


Cal'bon 


Beth-ma'a-chah 


Bil'hah 


Ca'bul 


Beth-mar' ca-both 


Bil'han 


gae'§ar 


Beth-me'on 


Bil'shan 


9ae'§ar Au-gus'- 


Beth-nirn'rah 


Bim'hal 


tus 


Beth-pa'let 


Bin'e-a 


9ses-a-re'a 


Beth-paz'zez 


Bin'nu-I 


gses-a-re'a Phi- 


Beth-pe'or 


Bir'sha 


lip'pi 


Beth'pha-ge 


Bir'za-vith 


Ca'ia-phas 


Beth-phe'let 


Bish'lam 


Cain 


Beth-ra'pha 


Bith'i-ah 


Ca-i'nan 


Beth-re'hob 


Bith'rom 


Ca'lah 


Beth-sa'i-da 


Bt-thyn'i-a 


Cal'col 


Beth'-shan 


Biz-joth'jah 


Ca'leb 


Beth-she'an 


Biz'tha 


Ca'leb-eph'ra-tah 


Beth-she'mesh 


Blas'tus 


Cal'neh 


Beth-she'mite 


B6-a-ner'ge§ 


Cal'no 


Beth-shit'tah 


Bo'az 


Cal'va-r^ 


Beth-tap 'pu-ah 


Boch'e-ru 


Ca'mon 


Beth-u'el 


Bo'chim 


Ca'na 


Be'thui 


Bo'han 


Ca'naan 


Beth'-zur 


Bo'oz 


Ca'naan-Ite 


Bet'o-nim 


Bos'cath 


Ca'naan-ites 


Beu'lah 


Bo'sor 


Ca'naan-it-ess 


Be'zai 


Bo'zez 


Ca'naan-it-ish 


Be-zal'e-el 


Boz'kath 


Can'da-9e 


Be'zek 


Boz'rah 


Can'neh 


Be'zer 


Buk'ki 


Ca-per'na-um 


Bich'ri 


Buk-ki'ah 


Caph . 


Bid'kar 


Bui 


Caphtho-rim 


BTg'tha 


Bu'nah 


Caph'tor 


Big'than 


Bun'ni 


Caph'to-rim 


Big'tha-na 


Buz 


Caph'torimg 



PeOKOITI^CING VoCABrLARY. 



193 



Cap-pa-do'fi-a 
Car'cas 
Car'che-mlsh 
Ca-re'ah 
Car'mel 
Car'mel-Ite 
Car'mel-it-ess 
Car'mi 
Car' mites 
Carpus 
Car-she 'na 
Ca-siph'i-a 
Cas'lu-hlm 
Cas'tor 
^e'dron 
^6n'chre-a 
^e'phas 
Chal'col 
Chal-dae'an§ 
Chal-de'a 
Chal-de'an 
Chal-de'an§ 
Chal'deeg 
Cha'naan 
Char'a-shim 
Char'che-mish 
Char'ran 
Che'bar 

Ched-or-la'o-mer 
Che'lal 
Chel'luh 
Che'lui) 
Che-lu'bai 
Chem'a-rim§ 
Che'mosh 
Che-na'a-nah 
Chen'a-ni 
13 



Chen-a-ni'ah 
Che'phar-ha-am'- 

o-nai 
Che-phl'rah 
Che'ran 
Cher'e-thim§ 
Cher'e-thites 
Che'rith 
Cherub 
Cher'u-bim§ 
Ches'a-lon 
Che'sed 
Che'sil 
Che-sul'loth 
Cheth 
Che'zib 
Chi'don 
Chil'e-ab 
Chil'i-on 
Chil'mad 
Chim'ham 
Chin'ne-reth 
Chin'ne-roth 
Chi'os 
Chis'leu 
Chis'lon 
Chis'loth-ta'bor 
CMt'tim 
Chi'un 
Chlo'e 
Chor-a'shan 
Cho-ra'zin 
Cho-ze'ba 
Christ 
Chris'tian 
Chris'tiang 
Chron'I-cles 



Chub 
Chun 
Chu'shan-rish- 

tha'im 
Chu'za 
^i-U'$ia 
^in'ne-roth 

Clau'da 
Clau'di-a 
Clau'di-us 
Clau'di-us 

Cae'gar 
Clau'di-us Ly'- 

si-as 
Clem'ent 
Cle'o-pas 
Cle'o-phas 
Cni'dus 
Col-ho'zeh 
C6-los'se 
Co-16s'si-an§ 
Con-a-nl'iih 
Co-ni'ah 
C6n-o-ni'ah 
Co'os 
Co're 
Cor'ban 
Cor'inth 
C6-rinth'i-an§ 
C6-rinth'us 
C6r-ne'li-us 
Co'sam 
Coz 
Coz'bl 
Cres'9en§ 
Crete 



194 Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



Cretes 


Dar'kon 


Dl'shon 


Cre'ti-an§ 


Da't.ha,n 


Diz'a-Mb 


Cris'pus 


Da'vid 


D6'da-i 


Cu'mi 


De'bir 


Do'da-nim 


Cush 


Deb'o-rah 


Do'da-vah 


Cu'shan 


De-cap'o-lis 


Do'do 


Cu'shI 


De'dan 


Do'eg 


Cuth 


Ded'a-nim 


Doph'kah 


Cu'thah 


De-ha'vites 


Dor 


^y'prus 


De'kar 


Dor'cas 


gy-re'ne 


Del-a-i'ah 


Do 'than 


9y-re'ni-an 


De-li'lah 


Dru-sil'la 


9y-re'ni-an§ 


De'mas 


Du'mah 


gy-re'ni-us 


De-me'tri-us 


Dura 


gy'rus 


Der'be 






Deu'el 


£. 


D. 


Dev'il 


Sas'ter 


Dab'a-reh 


Dib-la-tha'im 


E'bal 


Dab'ba-sheth 


Di-an'a 


E'bed 


Dab'e-rath 


Dib'la-im 


E'bed-me'lech 


Da'gon 


Dib'lath 


l:b'en-e'zer 


Dal-a-i'ah 


Deu-ter-6n'o-my 


I'ber 


Da'leth 


Di'bon 


E-bl'a-saph 


Dal-ma-nu'tha 


Dl'bon-gad 


fi-bro'nah 


Dal-ma'tia 


Dib'ri 


l:c-cle-§i-as'te§ 


Dal'phon 


Did'y-mus 


£d 


Dam'a-ris 


Dik'lah 


E'dar 


, Dam-as-5ene§' 


Dil'e-an 


E'den 


Da-mas'cus 


Dim'nah 


I'der 


Dan 


Di'mon 


!E'dom 


Dan'iel 


Di-mo'nah 


E'dom-ite 


Dan'ites 


Di'nah 


E'dom-ites 


Dan-ja'an 


Di'na-ites 


£d're-i 


Dan'nah 


Din'ha-bah 


Eg'lah 


Da'ra 


Di-o-nys'i-us 


£g'la-im 


Dar'da 


Di-6t're-phe§ 


fig'lon 


Da-ri'us 


Di'shan 


E'gypt 



Pronouncing Vocabulary. 195 



£-gyp'tian 


E-li-e'na-I 


E'loth 


E-gyp'tian§ 


E-li-e'zer 


fil'pa-al 


E'hi 


E-li-ho-e'na-i 


El'pa-let 


E'hud 


l:i-i-ho'reph 


£l-pa'ran 


E'ker 


E-li'hQ 


l:i'te-keh 


fik'ron 


E-li'jah 


lll'te-kon 


l:k'ron-ites 


fil'i-ka 


El'to-lad 


l:i'a-dah 


E'lim 


E'lul 


E'lah 


E-lim'e-lech 


E-lu'za-i 


E'lam 


E-li-o-e'na-i 


£l'y-mas 


E'lam-ites 


l:i'i-phal 


fil'za-bad 


fil'a-sah 


E-liph'a-16t 


IH'za-phan 


S'lath 


fil'i-phaz 


E'mim§ 


l:i-beth'-€l 


E-liph'e-leh 


Em-man'u-el 


£rda-ah 


E-liph'e-let 


fim-ma'us 


fil'dad 


E-li§'a-beth 


fim'mor 


E'le-ad 


fil-i-se'us 


E'nam 


E-le-a'leh 


E-li'sha 


E'nan 


E-le'a-sah 


E-li'shah 


i:n'-d6r 


E-le-a'zar 


E-lish'a-ma 


fin-eg'la-im 


£l-e-16'he-I§'ra-el 


E-lish'a-phat 


fin-gan'nim 


E'leph 


E-lish'e-ba 


£n-ge'dl 


IH-ha'nan 


£l-i-shu'a 


tn-had'dah 


E'll 


E-li'ud" 


£n-hak'k6-re 


E-li'ab 


E-liz'a-phan 


£n-ha'z6r 


E-li'a-da 


l:-li'zur 


£n-mish'pat 


E-li'ardah 


£l'ka-nah 


E'noch 


E-li'ah 


£l'kosh-ite 


E'nos 


£-li'ah-ba 


l:i'la-sar 


E'nosh 


E-li'a-kim 


|]l-m6'dam 


tn-rim'mon 


E-li'am 


Erna-am 


£n-ro'gel 


E-li'as 


l:i'na-than 


fin-she'mesh 


E-lI'a-saph 


E-lo'i 


£n-tap'pu-ah 


E-li'a-shib 


E'lon 


E-psen'e-tus 


E-li'a-t.lia,h 


E'lon-beth-ha'- 


fip'a-phras 


E-li'dad 


nan 


E-paph-ro-di'tus 


E-li'el 


E'lon-ites 


E'phah 



196 Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



E'phai 


Esh'ta-ul-ltes 


E'zi-on-ge'ber 


E'pher 


£sh-te-m6'a 


llz'nite 


E'pheg-dam'mim 


£sh'te-moh 


j&z'ra 


E-phe'sian 


■ftsh'ton 


£z'ra-hite 


E-phe'§ian§ 


fis'li 


fiz'ri 


|]ph'e-sus 


fis'rom 




Eph'lal 


iEs'ther 


F. 


E'phod 


E'tam 


Fair Ha'veng 


Eph'pha-tha 


E'tham 


Fe'lix 


E'phra-im 


E'than 


Fes'tus 


E'phra-im-ite 


llth'a-nim 


For-tu-na'tus 


E'phra-im-ites 


l:th'ba-al 




E'phra-in 


E'ther 


G. 


Eph'ra-tah 


E-thi-o'pi-a 


Ga'al 


Eph'rath 


S-thi-o'pi-an 


Ga'ash 


Eph-rath-Ite 


E-thi-6'pi-an§ 


Ga'ba 


Eph-rath-ites 


fith'nan 


Gab'ba-i 


E'phron 


Eth'ni 


Gab'ba-tha 


|]p-i-cu-re'an§ 


Eu-bu'lus 


Ga'bri-el 


Mr 


Eu'ni^e 


Gad 


E'ran 


Eu-6'di-as 


Gad'a-reneg 


E'ran-ites 


Eu-phra'te§ 


Gad'di 


E-ras'tus 


Eu-roc'ly-don 


Gad'di-el 


E'rech 


Eu'ty-chus 


Ga'dl 


E'rl 


Eve 


Gad'ite 


E'rites 


E'vi 


Gad'ites 


E-§a'ias 


E'vil-me-ro'dach 


Ga'ham 


E'sar-had'don 


fix'o-dus 


Ga'har 


E'sau 


E'zar 


Ga'ius 


E'sek 


llz'ba-I 


Ga'lal 


fish-ba'al 


fiz'bon 


Ga-la'tia 


llsh'ban 


!Ez-e-ki'as 


Ga-la'tian§ 


fish'col 


E-ze'ki-el 


Gal'e-ed 


S'she-an 


E'zel 


Gal-i-lae'an 


E'shgk 


E'zem 


Gal-i-lae'an§ 


fish'ka-lon-ites 


E'zer 


Gal'i-lee 


fish'ta-ol 


E'zi-on-ga'ber 


Gal'lim 



Pronouncing Yocabulaey. 



197 



Gal'li-6 

Ga-ma'li-el 

Gam'ma-dim§ 

Ga'mul 

Ga'reb 

Gar'mite 

Gash'mu 

Ga'tam 

Gath 

Gath-he'pher 

Gath-rim'mon 

Ga'za 

Ga'zath-ites 

Ga'zer 

Ga'zez 

Ga'zltes. 

Gaz'zam 

Ge'ba 

Ge'bal 

Ge'ber 

Ge'bim 

Ged-a-li'ah 

Ged'e-on 

Ge'der 

Ge-de'rah 

Ged'e-rath-ite 

Ged'e-rite 

Ge-de'roth 

Ged-e-roth-a'im 

Ge'dor 

Ge-ha'zi 

Gel'i-lotb 

Ge-mal'li 

Gem-a-ri'ah 

(jen'e-sis 

Gen-nes'a-ret 

Gen'tile 



Gen'tlleg 

Ge-nu'bath 

Ge'ra 

Ge'rar 

Ger'ge-seneg 

Ger'i-zim 

Ger'shom 

Ger'shon 

Ger'shon-ite 

Ger'shon-ites 

Ge'sham 

Ge'shem 

Ge'shur 

Gesh'u-rl 

Gesh'u-rites 

Ge'ther 

Geth-sem'a-ne 

Ge-u'el 

Ge'zer 

Gez 'rites 

Gi'ah 

Gib'bar 

Gib'be-thon 

Gib'e-a 

Gib'e-ah 

Gib'e-ath 

Gib'e-ath-ite 

Gib'e-on 

Gib'e-on-ite 

Gib'e-on-ites 

Gib'lites 

Gid-dal'ti 

Gid'del 

Gid'e-on 

Gid-e-o'nl 

Gi'doni 

Gi'hon 



Gil'a-lai 

Gil-bo'a 

Gil'e-ad 

Gire-ad-ite 

Gil'e-ad-ites 

Gil'gal 

Gi'loh 

Gi'lon-ite 

Gi'mel 

Gim'zo 

Gl'nath 

Gm'ne-tho 

Gm'ne-thon 

Gir'ga-shite 

Gir'ga-shites 

Gir'ga-site 

Gis'pa 

Git'tah-he'pher 

Grt'ta-im 

Git'tite 

Git'tites 

Git'tith 

Gi'zo-nite 

Go'atb 

Gob 

Gog 

Go'lan 

Gol'go-tha 

G6-li'ath 

Go'mer 

Go-mor'rah 

G6-m6r'rha 

Go'shen 

Go'zan 

Gre'^ia 

Gre'5ian§ 

Gree9e 



198 Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



Greek 


Hag'ga-i 


Han-a-ni'ah 


Greeks 


Hag'ge-ri 


Ha-na'ni 


Gud'go-dah 


Hag'gi 


Ha'ne§ 


Gu'ni 


Hag-gl'ah 


Han'i-el 


Gu'nites 


Hag'gites 


Han'nah 


Gur 


Hag'gith 


Han'na-thon 


Gur-ba'al 


Ha'i 


Han'ni-el 




Hak'ka-tan 


Ha'noch 


H. 


Hak'koz 


Ha'noch-ltes 


Ha-a-hash'ta-ri 


Ha-ku'pha 


Ha'nun 


Ha-ba'iah 


Ha'lah 


Hapb-ra'im 


Ha-bak'kuk 


Ha'lak 


Ha'ra 


Hab-a-zi-ni'ah 


Hal'hul 


Har'a-dah 


Ha'bor 


Ha'li 


Ha'ran 


Hach-a-li'ah 


Hal-lo'hesh 


Ha'ra-rite 


Hach'i-lah 


Ha-lo'hesh 


Har-bo'na 


Hach'mo-ni 


Ham 


Har-bo'nah 


Hach'mo-nite 


Ha'man 


Ha'reph 


Ha'dad 


Ha'math 


Ha'reth 


Had'ad-e'zer 


Ha'math-ite 


Har-ha-i'ah 


Had'ad-rim'mon 


Ha'math-zo'bah 


Har'has 


Ha'dar 


Ham'math 


Har'hur 


Had-ar-e'zer 


Ham-med'a-tha 


Ha'rim 


Had'a-shah 


Ham'me-lech 


Ha'riph 


Ha-das'sah 


Ham-mol'e-keth 


Har'ne-pher 


Ha-dat'tah 


Ham'mon 


Ha'rod 


Ha'did 


Ham'moth-dor 


Ha'rod-ite 


Had'la-i 


Ha-mo'nah 


Har'o-eh 


Ha-do'ram 


Ha'mon-gog 


Ha'ro-rlte 


Ha'drach 


Ha'mor 


Ha-ro'sheth 


Ha'gab 


Ha-mu'el 


Har'sha 


Hag'a-ba 


Ha'mul 


Ha'rum 


Hag'a-bah 


Ha'mul-ites 


Ha-ru'maph 


Ha'gar 


Ha-mu'tal 


Har'u-phite 


Ha'gar-ene§ 


Ha-nam'e-el 


Ha'riiz 


Ha'gar-ites 


Ha'nan 


Has-a-di'ah 


Ha'ger-ite 


Ha-nau'e-el 


Ha§-e-nu'ab 



Pbonouncing Vocabulary. 



199 



Hash-a-bi'ah 


Haz'e-zon-ta'mar 


He'na 


Ha-shab'nah 


Ha'zi-el 


Hen'a-dad 


Hash-ab-ni'ah 


Ha'zo 


Henoch 


Hash-bad'a-na 


Ha'zor 


He'pher 


Ha'shem 


He 


He'pher-ites 


Hash-mo'nah 


He'ber 


Heph'zi-bah 


Ha'shub 


He'ber-ites 


He'reg 


Ha-shu'bah 


He'brew 


He'resh 


Ha'shum 


Hebrew-ess 


Her'mas 


Ha-shu'pha 


He'brewg 


Her'me§ 


Has'raii 


He'bron 


Her-m6g'e-ne§ 


Has-se-na'ah 


He'bron-ites 


Her'mon 


Has'shub 


Heg'a-i 


Her'mon-ites 


Ha-su'pha 


He'ge 


Her'od 


Ha'tach 


He'lah 


He-r6'di-an§ 


Ha'thath 


He'lam 


He-ro'di-as 


Hat'i-pha 


Hel'bah 


He-ro'di-on 


Hat'i-ta 


Hel'bon 


He'sed 


Hat'til 


Hel'da-i 


Hesh'bon 


Hat'tush 


He'leb 


Hesh'mon 


Hau'ran 


He'led 


Heth 


Hav'i-lah 


He'lek 


Heth'lon 


Ha'voth-ja'ir 


He'lek-Ites 


Hez'e-kl 


Haz'a-el 


He'lem 


Hez-e-ki'ah 


Ha-za'iah 


He'leph 


He'zi-on 


Ha'zar-ad'dar 


He'lez 


He'zir 


Ha'zar-e'nan 


He'li 


Hez'ra-i 


Ha'zar-gad'dah 


Hel'ka-i 


Hez'zo 


Ha'zar-hat'ti-con 


Hel'kath 


Hez'ron 


Ha-zar-ma'veth 


Hel'kath-Mz'zu- 


Hez'ron-ites 


Ha'zar-shu'al 


rim 


Hid'da-i 


Ha'zar-su'sah 


He'lon 


Hid'de-kel 


Ha'zar-su'siin 


He'mam 


Hl'el 


Haz'a-zon-ta'mar 


He'raan 


Hi-e-rap'o-lis 


Haz'e-lel-po'ni 


He'math 


Hig-ga'ion 


Ha-ze'rim 


Hem'dan 


Hi'len 


m-ze'roth 


Heu 


mi-ki'ali 



200 Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



nn'iei 


Hor'o-nite 


Ib'ri 


Hin'nom 


Ho'sah 


Ib'zan 


Hi'rah 


H6-§an'na 


I'-cha-bod 


Hi'ram 


H6-§e'a 


I-co'ni-um 


Hit'tite 


Hosh-a-i'ah 


id'a-lah 


Hit'tites 


H6sh'a-ma 


Id'bash 


Hi'vite 


H6-she'a 


Id'do 


Hi'vltes 


Ho'tham 


I-du-mae'a 


Hiz-ki'ah 


Ho'than 


I-du-me'a 


Hiz-ki'jah 


Ho'thir 


I'gil 


Ho'bab 


Huk'kok 


Ig-da-li'ah 


Ho'bah 


Hu'kok 


Ig'e-al 


Hod 


Hul 


I'im 


H6d-a-i'ah 


Hul'dah 


Ij'e-ab'a-rim 


Hod-a-vi'ah 


Hum'tah 


I'jon 


Ho'desh 


Hu'pham 


Ik'kesh 


H6-de'vah 


Hu'pham-ites 


I'lai 


H6-di'ah 


Hup'pah 


ll-lyr'i-cum 


H6-dI'jah 


Hup 'pirn 


Im'la 


Hog'lah 


Hur 


Im'lah 


Ho'ham 


Hu'rai 


Im-man'u-el 


Ho'lon 


Hu'ram 


Im'mer 


Ho'ly Ghost 


Hu'ri 


Im'na 


Ho'ly Spir'it 


Ha 'shah 


Im'nah 
;m'rah 


Ho 'mam 


Hu'shai 


Hoph'ni 


Hu'sham 


Im'ri 


Hor 


Hu'shath-ite 


in'di-a 


Ho'ram 


Hu'shim 


Iph-e-de'iah 


Ho'reb 


Huz 


ir 


Ho'rem 


Huz'zab 


I'ra 


H6r-ha-gid'gad 


Hy-me-nae'us 


I'rad 


Ho'rl 




I'ram 


H6'rim§ 


I. 


I'ri 


Ho'rite 


Ib'har 


I-ri'jah 


Ho'rites 


Ib'le-am 


Ir-na'hash 


Hor'mah 


Ib-ne'iah 


I'ron 


H6r-o-na'im 


Ib-ni'jah 


Ir'pe-el 



Pronouncing Vocabulary* 



201 



Ir-she'mesh 


Is'u-I 


Ja-a-zi'ah 


I'ru 


I-tal'ian 


Ja-a'zi-el 


I'gaac 


It'a-ly 


Ja'bal 


i-§a'iah 


Ith'a-I 


Jab'bok 


Is'cah 


Ith'a-mar 


Ja'besh 


Is-car'i-ot 


Ith'i-el 


Ja'besh-gil'e-ad 


Ish'baU V 


Ith'mah 


Ja'bez 


Ish'bak 


Ith'nan 


Ja'bin 


!sh'bi-be'n6b 


Ith'ra 


Jab'ne-el 


Ish-bo'sheth 


Ith'ran 


Jab'neh 


I'shi 


Ith're-an 


Ja'chan 


I-shi'ah 


Ith'rite 


Ja'chin 


i-shl'jah 


Ith'rites 


Ja'chin-ites 


Ish'ma 


It'tah-ka'zin 


Ja'cob 


Ish 'ma-el 


It'ta-i 


Ja'da 


Ish'ma-el-ite 


I-tu-rae'a 


Ja-da'u 


Ish'ma-el-ites 


I'vah 


Jad-du'a 


Ish-ma-i'ah 


Iz'e-har 


Ja'don 


Ish'me-el-ite 


Iz'e-har-ites 


Ja'el 


Ish'me-el-ites 


Iz'har 


Ja'gur 


ish'me-rai 


Iz'har-ites 


Jah 


I'shod 


Iz-ra-hi'ah 


Ja'hath 


Ish'pan 


Iz'ra-hite 


Ja'haz 


fsh'tob 


Iz'ri 


Ja-ha'za 


Ish'u-ah 




Ja-ha'zab 


Ish'u-ai 


J. 


Ja-ha-zi'ah 


Ish'u-i 


Ja'a-kan 


Ja-ha'zi-el 


Is-ma^chi'ah 


Ja-ak'o-bah 


Jah'da-i 


Is-ma-i'ah 


Ja-a'la 


Jah'di-el 


ts'pah 


Ja-a'lah 


Jah'do 


I§'ra-el 


Ja-a'larn 


Jah'le-el 


Is'ra-el-ite 


Ja-a'nai 


Jah'le-el-ites 


I§'ra-el-ites 


Ja-ar'e-6r'e-gim 


Jah'ma-i 


l§'ra-el-It-ish 


Ja'a-sau 


Jah'zah 


Is'sa-char 


Ja-a'si-el 


Jah'ze-el 


Is-shi'ah 


Ja-az-a-nl'ah 


Jah'ze-el-ites 


Is'u-ah 


Ja-a'zer 


Jah'ze-rah 



202 Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



Jah'zi-el 


Ja'si-el 


Je-ho-ad'dan 


Ja'ir 


Ja'son 


Je-ho'a-haz 


Ja'ir-ite 


Jath'ni-el 


Je-ho'ash 


Ja-i'rus 


Jat'tir 


Je-ho-ha'nan 


Ja'kan 


Ja'van 


Je-hoi'a-chin 


Ja'keh 


Ja'zer 


Je-hoi'arda 


Ja'kim 


Ja'ziz 


Je-hoi'a-kim 


Ja'lon 


Je'a-riin 


Je-hoi'a-rib 


Jam'breg 


Je-at'a-rai 


Je-hon'a-dab 


Jameg 


Je-ber-e-chl'ah 


Je-hon'a-than 


Ja'min 


Je'bus 


Je-ho'ram 


Ja'min-ites 


Je-bu'si 


Je-ho-shab'e-ath 


Jam'lech 


Jeb'u-site 


Je-hosh'a-phat 


Jan'na 


Jeb'u-sites 


Je-hosh'e-ba 


Jan'neg 


Jec-a-mi'ah 


Je-hosh'u-a 


Ja-no'ah 


Jech-o-li'ah 


Je-hosh-u-ah 


Ja-no'hah 


Jech-o-ni'as 


Je-ho'vah 


Ja'num 


Jec-o-li'ah 


Je-ho'vah-ji'reh 


Ja'pheth 


Jec-o-ni'ah 


Je-ho'vah-nis'si 


Ja-phia 


Je-da'iah 


Je-ho'vah-sha'- 


Japh'let 


Je-di'a-el 


lom 


Japh-le'ti 


Je-di'dah 


Je-hoz'a-bad 


Ja'pho 


Jed-i-di'ah 


Je-hoz'a-dak 


Ja'rah 


Jed'u-thun 


Je'hu 


Ja'reb 


Je-e'zer 


Je-hub'bah 


Ja'red 


Je-e'zer-ites 


Je-hu'cal 


Jar-e-si'ah 


Je'gar-sa-ha-du'- 


Je'hud 


Jar'ha 


tha 


Je-hu'di 


Ja'rib 


Je-ha-le'le-el 


Je-hu-dl'jah 


Jar'muth 


Je-hal'e-lel 


Je'hush 


Ja-ro'ah 


Jeh-de'iah 


Je-i'el 


Ja'shen 


Je-hez'e-kel 


Je-kab'ze-el 


Ja'sher 


Je-hi'ah 


Jek-a-me'am 


Ja-sho'be-am 


Je-hi'el 


Jek-a-mi'ah 


Jash'ub 


Je-hi'e-li 


Je-kQ'thr-el 


Jash'u-bi-le'hem 


Je-hiz-ki'ah 


Je-mi'raa 


Jash'ub-ites 


Je-ho'a-dah 


Je-mu'el 



Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



203 



Jeph'tha-e 


Jesh'u-ah 


Jim'nah 


Jeph'thah 


Jesh'u-run 


Jim'nites 


Je-phun'neh 


Je-si'ah 


Jiph'tah 


Je'rah 


Je-sim'i-el 


Jiph'thah-el 


Je-rah'me-el 


Jes'se 


Jo'ab 


Je-rah'me-el-ites 


Jes'u-i 


Jo'ah 


Je'red 


Jes'u-ites 


Jo'a-Mz 


Jer'e-mai 


Jes'u-run 


J6-an'na 


Jer-e-ml'ah 


Je'gus 


Jo'ash 


Jer-e-ml'as 


Je'ther 


Jo'a-tham 


Jer-e-moth 


Je'theth 


Job 


Jer'e-my 


Jeth'lah 


Jo'bab 


Je-rl'ah 


Jeth'ro 


Jocb'e-bed 


Jer'i-bai 


Je'tur 


Jod 


Jer'i-cho 


Je-u'el 


Jo'ed 


Je'ri-el 


Je'ush 


Jo'el 


Je-ri'jah 


Je'uz 


Jo-e'lah 


Jer'i-moth 


Jew 


J6-e'zer 


Je'ri-oth 


Jew'ess 


Jog'be-hah 


Jer-o-bo'am 


Jew'ish 


Jog'll 


Jgr'o-ham 


Jew'ry 


Jo'ha 


Je-rub'ba-al 


Jew§ 


J6-ha'nan 


Je-rub'be-sheth 


Jez-a-ni'ah 


John 


Jer'u-el 


Jez'e-bel 


Joi'a-da 


Je-ru'sa-lera 


Je'zer 


Joi'a-kim 


Je-ru'sha 


Je'zer-Ites 


Joi'a-rlb 


Je-ru'shah 


Je-zi'ah 


J6k'de-am 


Je-sa'iah 


Je'zi-el 


Jo'kim 


Je-sha'iah 


Jez-li'ah 


Jok'me-ain 


Jesh'a-nab 


Je-z6'ar 


Jok'ne-am 


Je-shar'e-lah 


Jez-ra-hi'ah 


Jok'shan 


Je-sheb'e-ab 


Jez're-el 


Jok'tan 


Je'sher 


Jez're-el-ite 


J6k'the-el 


Jesh'i-mon 


Jez' re-el-it-ess 


Jo'na 


Je-shish'a-I 


Jib'sam 


Jon'a-dab 


Jesh-o-ha'iah 


Jid'laph 


Jo'nah 


Jesh-u-a 


Jim'na 


jQ'mu 



204 Pbonouncing Yocabulaey. 



Jo'nas 


Ju'da,h 


Ke-la'iah 


Jon'a-than 


Ju'das 


Kel'i-ta 


Jo'nath-e'lem-re- 


Ju'das Is-car'i-ot 


Ke-mu'el 


cho'kim 


Jtide 


Ke'nan 


Jop'pa 


Ju-de'a 


Ke'nath 


Jo'rah 


Judg'es 


Ke'naz 


Jo'rai 


jQ'dith 


Ken'ez-ite 


Jo'ram 


Ju'Ua 


Ken'ite 


Jor'dan 


Ju'li-us 


Ken'ites 


Jo 'rim 


Ju'nia 


Ken'iz-zites 


J6r'ko-am 


Ju'pi-ter 


Ker'en-hap'puch 


Jos'a-bad 


Ju'shab-he'sed 


Ke'ri-oth 


Jos'a-phat 


Jus'tus 


Ke'ros 


Jo'se 


Jut'tah 


Ke-tu'rah 


Jos'e-dech 




Ke-zi'a 


Jo'geph 


K. 


Ke'ziz 


Jo'seg 


Kab'ze-el 


Kib'roth-Mt-ta'- 


Jo'shah 


Ka'desh 


a-vah 


Josh'a-pMt 


Ka'desb-bar'ne-a 


Kib'za-im 


Josh-a-vi'ah 


Kad'mi-el 


Kid'ron 


Josh-bek'a-shah 


Kad'mon-Ites 


Ki'nah 


J6sh'u-a 


Kal'la-i 


King§ 


J6-si'ah 


Ka'nah 


Kir 


Jo-si'as 


Ka-re'ah 


Kir-har'a-seth 


J6s-i-bl'ah 


Kar'ka-a 


Kir-har'e-seth 


J6s-i-phi'ah 


Kar'kor 


Klr-M'resh ' 


Jot'bah 


Kar'tah 


KIr-he're§ 


Jot' bath 


Kar'tan 


Klr-i-a-tha'im 


Jot'ba-thah 


Kat'tath 


Kit'i-otJi 


Jo'tham 


Ke'dar 


Kir'jath 


Joz'a-bad ' 


Ked'e-mah 


Kir-jath-a'im 


Joz'a-char 


Ked'e-moth 


Kir'jath-ar'ba 


Joz'a-dak 


Ke'desh 


Kir'jath-a'rim 


Ju'bal 


Ke'desh-naph'- 


Kir'jath-ba'al 


Ju'cal 


ta-ll 


Kir'jath-hu'zoth 


Ju'da 


Ke-hel'a-thah 


Kir'jath-je'a-rim 


Ju-dae'a 


Kei'lah 


Kir'jath-san'nah 



Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



205 



Kir'jath-se'pher 

Kish 

Kish'i 

Kish'i-on 

Ki'shon 

Ki'son 

Kith'Ush 

Kit'ron 

Kit'tim 

Ko'a 

Ko'hath 

Ko'hath-ites 

K61-a-i'ah 

Koph 

Ko'rah 

Ko'rah-ite 

Ko'rah-ites 

Ko'rath-ites 

Ko're 

Kor'hite 

Kor'hltes 

Koz 

Ku-sha'iah 

L. 

La'a-dah 

La'a-dan 

La'ban 

La'chish 

La'el 

La' had 

La-hai'-roi 

Lah'mam 

Lah'mi 

La'ish 

La'kQm 

La'm^ 



La'mech 

Lamed 

La-od-i-fe'a 

La-od-i-5e'an§ 

Lap'i-doth 

La-se'a 

La'sha 

La-shar'on 

Lat'in 

Laz'a-rus 

Le'ah 

Le-an'noth 

Leb'a-na 

Leb'a-nah 

Leb'a-non 

Leb'a-oth 

Leb-bae'us 

Le-bo'nah 

Le'cah 

Le'ha-bim 

Le'hi 

Lem'u-el 

Le'shem 

Le-tu'shim 

Le-um'raim 

LeVi 

Le-vi'a-than 

Le'vite 

Le'vites 

Le-vit'i-cal 

Le-vit'i-cus 

Lib'er-tines 

Lib'nah 

Lib'ni 

Lib'nites 

Lib'y-a 

Lib'y-ang 



Lik'hi 

Li'nus 

L6-am'mi 

Lod 

L6-de'bar 

Lo'is 

Lo'-ru-ha'mah 

Lot 

Lo'tan 

Lu'bim 

Lu'Wing 

Lu'cas 

Lu'fi-fer 

Lu'fius 

Liid 

Lu'dim 

Lu'hith 

Luke 

Luz 

Lyc-a-o'ni-a 

Ly'9ia 

Lyd'da 

Lyd'i-a 

Lyd'i-an§ 

Ly-sa'ni-as 

Ly'si-as 

Lys'tra 

M. 

Ma'a-cah 

Ma'a-chah 

Ma-ach'a-thi 

Ma-ach'a-thite 

Ma-ach'a-thites 

Ma-ad'ai 

Ma-a-di'ah 

Ma-a'i 



506 



Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



Ma-al'eh-a-crab '- 

bim 
Ma'a-rath 
Ma-a-se'iah 
Ma-as'i-ai 
Ma'ath 
Ma'az 
Ma-axzi'ah 
MaQ-e-do'ni-a 
Mag-e-do ni-an 
Mach'ba-nai 
Mach'be-nah 
Ma'chi 
Ma'chir 
Ma'chir-ites 
Mach-na-de'bai 
Mach-pe'lah 
Mad'a-i 
Ma'di-an 
Mad-man'nah 
Mad 'men 
Mad-me'nah 
Ma'don 
Mag'bish 
Mag'da-la 
Mag-da-le'ne 
Mag'di-el 
Ma'gog 
Ma'gor-mis'sa- 

bib 
Mag'pi-ash 
Ma-ha'lali 
Ma-ha'la-le-el 
Ma'ha-lath 
Ma'ha-li 
Ma-ha-na'im 
Ma'ha-neh-dan' 



Ma-har'a-i 

Ma'hath 

Ma'ha-vite 

Ma-ha'zi-6th 

Ma'her-shal'al- 

hash'baz 
Mah'lah 
Mah'li 
Mah'lltes 
Mah'lon 
Ma'hol 
Ma'kaz 
Mak-he'loth 
Mak-ke'dah 
Mak'tesh 
Mal'a-chi 
Marcham 
Mal-chi'ah 
Mal'chi-el 
Mal'chi-el-ites 
Mal-chi'jah 
Mal-chi'ram 
Mal'chi-shua'a 
Mal'chus 
Ma-le'le-el 
Mal'lo-thi 
Mal'luch 
Mam 're 
Man'a-en 
Man'a-hath 
Ma-na'heth-ites 
Ma-nas'seh 
Ma-nas'se§ 
Ma-nas'sites 
Ma'neh 
Ma-no'ah 
Ma'och 



Ma'on 

Ma'on-ites 

Ma'ra 

Ma'rah 

Mar'a-lah 

Mar'an-a'tha 

Mar'cus 

Ma-re 'shah 

Mark 

Ma' roth 

Mar'g hill 

Mar'se-na 

Mar'tha 

Ma'ry 

Ma'chil 

Mash 

Ma'shal 

Mas're-kah 

Mas'sa 

Mas'sah 

Ma-thu'sa-la 

Ma'tred 

Ma'tri 

Mat'tan 

Mat'ta-nah 

Mat-ta-ni'ah 

Mat'ta-tha 

Mat'ta-thah 

Mat-ta-thi'as 

Mat-te-na'I 

Mat'than 

Mat 'that 

Mat'thew 

Mat'thi'as 

Mat-ti-thi'ah 

Maz'za-roth 

Me'ah 



Pbonouncing Vocabulary. 



207 



Me-a'rah 

Me-bun'nai 

Me-che'rath-ite 

Me'dad 

Me'dan 

Mede 

Mgd'e-ba 

Mede§ 

Me'di-a 

Me'di-an 

Me-gid'do 

Me-gid'don 

Me-het'a-beel 

Me-het'a-bel 

Me-hi'da 

Me'hir 

Me-hol'atli-ite 

Me-hu'ja-el 

Me-hu'man 

Me-hu'nim 

Me-hu'nim§ 

Me-jar'kon 

Mek'o-nah 

Mel-a-ti'ah 

Mel'chi 

Mel-chi'ah 

Mel-chi§'e-dec 

Mel'chi-shu'a 

Mel-chiz'e-dek 

Me'le-a 

Me 'lech 

Mel'i-ca 

Mel'i-ta. 

Mel'zar 

Mem 

Mem'phis 

Me-mu'can 



Men'a-hem 

Me'nan 

Me'ne 

Me-on'e-nim 

Me-6n'o-thai 

Meph'a-ath 

Me-phib'o-sheth 

Me'rab 

Mer-a-i'ah 

Me-ra'ioth 

Me-ra'ri 

Me-ra'rites 

Mer-a-tha'im 

Mer-cu'ri-us 

Me'red 

Mer'e-moth 

Me'reg 

Mer'i-bah 

Mer'i-bah-Ka'- 

desh 
Mer'ib-ba'al 
Me-ro'dach 
Me-ro'dach-bal'a- 

dan 
Me'rom 
Me-ron'o-thite 
Me'roz 
Me'sech 
Me'sha 
Me'shach 
Me'shech 
Me-shel-e-mi'ah 
Me-shez'a-beel 
Me-shil'le-mith 
Me-shil'le-moth 
Me-sho'bab 
Me-shul'lam 



Me-shul'le-meth 

Me-s6'ba-ite 

Mes-o-p6-ta'mi-a 

Mes-sl'ah 

Mes-si'as 

Me'theg-am'mah 

Me-thu'sa-el 

Me-thu'se-lah 

Me-u'niin 

Mez'a-hab 

Mi'a-min 

Mib'har 

Mib'sam 

Mib'zar 

Mi'cah 

Mi-ca'iah 

Mi'cha 

Michael 

Mi'chah 

Mi-cha'iah 

Ml'chal 

Mich'mas 

Mich 'mash 

Mich'me-thah 

Mich'ri 

Mich'tam 

Mid'din 

Mid'i-an 

Mid'i-an-ite 

Mid'i-an-ites 

Mid'i-an-it-ish 

MIg'dal-el 

Mig'dal-gad 

Mig'dol 

Mig'ron 

Mij'a-min 

Mik'loth 



208 Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



Mik-ne'iah 

Mil-a-la'i 

Mil'cah 

Mircom 

Mi-le'tum 

Mi-le'tus 

Mil' 15 

Mi'ni-a-min 

Min'ni 

Min'nith 

Miph'kad 

Mir'i-am 

Mir'ma 

Mis'gab 

Mish'a-el 

Ml'shal 

Mi'sham 

Mi'she-al 

Mish'ma 

Mish-man'nah 

Mish'ra-ites 

Mis'pe-reth 

Mis're-photh- 

ma'im 
Mith'cah 
Mith'nite 
Mith're-dath 
Mit-y-le'ne 
Mi'zar 
Miz'pah 
Miz'par 
Miz'peh 
Miz'ra-im 
Miz'zah 
Mna'son 
Mo'ab 
Mo'ab-ite 



Mo'ab-ites 

Mo'ab-it-ess 

Mo'ab-it-ish 

Mo-a-di'ah 

Mol'a-dah 

Mo 'lech 

Mo'lid 

Mo'loch 

Mo'ras-thite 

Mor'de-cai 

Mo'reh 

Mor'esh-eth-gath 

M6-ri'ah 

Mo-se'ra 

Mo-se'roth 

Mo'§e§ 

Mo'za 

Mo'zah 

Mup'pim 

Mu'shi 

Mu'shltes 

Muth-lab'ben 

My'ra 

Mys'ia 

Na'am 

Na'a-mah 

Na'a-man 

Na'a-math-ite 

Na'a-mites 

Na'a-rah 

Na'a-rai 

Na'a-ram 

Na'a-rath 

Na-ash'on 

Na'as-son 



Na'bal 

Na'both 

Na'chon's 

Na'chor 

Na'dab 

Nag'ge 

Na'ha-161 

Na-ha'li-el 

Na-hal'lai 

Na'ha-161 

Na'ham 

Na-ham'a ni 

Na-har'a-i 

Na'ha-ri 

Na'hash 

Na'hath 

Nah'bi . 

Na'hor 

Nah'shon 

Na'hum 

Na'in 

Na'ioth 

Na-6'mi 

Na'phish 

Naph'ta-ll 

Naph'tu-him 

Nar-Qis'sus 

Na'than 

Na-than'a-el 

Na'than-me'lech 

Na'um 

Naz'a-rene 

Naz'a-rene§ 

Naz'a-rSth 

Naz'a-rite 

Naz'a-riteg 

Ne'ah 



Peonouncing Vocabulary. 



209 



N6-5p'o-lis 

Ne-a-ri'ah 

Ngb'a-i 

Ne-ba'ioth 

Ne-ba'joth 

Ne-bal'lat 

Ne'bat 

Ne'bo 

N§b-u-chad-nSz'- 

zar 
N^b-u-chad-r6z'- 

zar 
Neb-u-shas'ban 
N^b'u-zar-a'dan 
Ne'cho 
Ned-a-bi'ah 
Neg'i-nah 
Neg'i-noth 
Ne-hera-mite 
Ne-he-mi'ah 
Ne'hi-loth 
Ne'hum 
Ne-hush'ta 
Ne-hush'tan 
Ne-i'el 
Ne'keb 
Ne-ko'da 
Ne-mu'el 
Ne-mu'el-ites 
Ne'pheg 
Ne'phish 
Ne-phish'e-sim 
Neph'tha-lim 
Neph'to-ah 
Ne-phu'sim 
Ner 

Ne're-us 
14 



Ner'gal 
Ngr-gal-sha-re'- 

zer 
Ne'ri 
Ne-ri'ah 
Ne-than'e-el 
Neth-a-ni'ah 
N6th'i-nira§ 
Ne-to'phah 
Ne-toph'a-thi 
Ne-toph'a-thite 
Ne-toph'a-thltes 
Ne-zi'ah 
Ne'zib 
Nib'haz 
Nib'shan 
Ni-ca'nor 
Nic-o-de'mus 
Nic-o-la'i-tane§ 
Nic'o-las 
Ni-c6p'o-lis 
Ni'ger 
Nim'rah 
Nim'rim 
Nim'rod 
Nim'shi 
Nin'e-ve 
Nin'e-veh 
Nin'e-vites 
Nl'san 
Nis'roch 
No 

No-a-di'ah 
No'ah 
Nob 
No'bah 
Nod 



No'dab 

No'e 

No'gah 

No'hah 

Non 

Noph 

No'phah 

Num'berg 

Nun 

Nun 

Nym'phas 

O. 

0-ba-di'ah 

O'bal 

O'bed 

O'bed-e'dom 

O'bil 

O'both 

Oc'ran 

O'ded 

6g 

Chad 

O'hel 

5rive§ 

Ol'I-vet 

6-lym'pas 

O'mar 

6-me'ga 

Om'ri 

5n 

6'nam 

O'nan 

0-nes'i-mus 

On-e-siph'o-rus 

O'no 

O'phel 



210 Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



O'phir 


Pa'rah 


P61'o-nite 


Oph'ni 


Pa'ran 


Pe-ni'el 


Oph'rah 


Par'bar 


Pe-nin'nah 


O'reb 


Par-mash'ta 


Pen'te-cost 


O'ren 


Par'me-nas 


Pe-nu'el 


O-ri'on 


Pa'rosh 


Pe'or 


Or'nan 


Par-shan'da-tha 


Per'a-zim 


Or'pah 


Par'thi-aii§ 


Pe're§ 


O'gee 


Par'u-ah 


Pe'resh 


0-she'a 


Par-va'im 


Pe'rez 


Oth'ni 


Pa'sach 


Pe'rez-uz'za 


6th'ni-el 


Pas-dam'mim 


Pe'rez-uz'zah 


O'zem 


Pa-se'ah 


Per'ga 


0-zi'as 


Pash'ur 


Per'ga-mos 


6z'ni 


Pat'a-ra 


Pe-ri'da 


6z'nites 


Path'ros 


Periz-zite 




Path-ru'sim 


Per'iz-zites 


P. 


Pat'mos 


Per'gia 


Pa'a-rai 


Pat'ro-bas 


Per'gian 


Pa-ca-ti-a'na 


Pa'u 


Per'giang 


Pa'dan 


Paul 


Per'sis 


Pa'dan-a'ram 


Pau'lus 


Pe-ru'da 


Pa'don 


Pave'ment 


Pe'ter 


Pa'gi-el 


Pe 


Peth-a-hi'ah 


Pa'hath-mo'ab 


Ped'a-hgl 


Pe'thor 


Pa'i 


Pe-dah'zur 


Pe-thu'el 


Pa'lal 


Pe-da'iah 


Pe-ul'thai 


Pal-es-ti'na 


Pe'kah 


Pha'lec 


Pal'es-tine 


Pek-a-hi'ah 


Phal'lu 


Pal'lu 


Pe'kod 


Phal'tl 


Pal'lu-ites 


Pel-a-i'ah 


Phal'ti-el 


Pal'ti 


Pel-a-li'ah 


Pha-nu'el 


Pal'ti-el 


Pel-a-ti'ah 


Pha'raoh 


Pal'tlte 


Pe'leg 


Pha raoh-hoph'ra 


Pam-phyl'i-a 


Pelet 


Pha'raoh- necho 


Pan'nag 


Pe'leth 


Pha'raoh-ne'- 


Pa'phos 


Pel'e-thltes 


choh 



Pronouncing Vocabulary. 211 

Pha're§ Pi'ram Put 

Pha'rez Pir'a-thon Pu-te'o-li 

Phar'i-see Pir'a-thon-ite Pu'ti-el 

Phar'i-see§ Pig'gah 

Pha'rosh Pi-sid'i-a Q, 

Phar'par Pi'son Quar'tus 

PMr'zItes Pig 'pah 

Pha-se'ah Pi'thom R, 

Phe'be Pi'thon Ra'a-mah 

Phe-ni'ge Ple'ia-de§ Ra-a-rai'ah 

Phe-ni'yia Poch'e-reth Ra-am'se§ 

Phl'chol Pol'lux Kabbah 

Phil-a-delphi-a P6n'ti-us Rab'bath 

Phi-le'mon Pon'tus Rab'bi 

Phi-le'tus Por'a-tha Rab'bith 

Phil'ip P6r'9x-us Fes'- Rab-bo'nl 

Phi-lip'pl tus Rab'mag 

PhHip'pi-an§ Po'ten-tate Rab'-sa-ris 

Phi-lis'tia Pot'i-phar Rab'-sha-keh 

Phi-lis'tim Pot'i-phe'rah Rab'sha-keh 

Phi-lis'tine Prae-to'ri-um Ra'ca 

Phi-lis'tineg Pris'ca Ra'chab 

Phi-161'o-gus Pris-9il'la Ra'chal 

Phin'e-has Proch'o-rus Ra'chel 

Phle'gon Prov'erbg Rad'da-i 

Phryg'i-a Psalms Ra'gau 

Phu'rah Ptol-e-ma'is 

Phut Pu'a 

Phu'vah Pu'ah 

Phy-gel'lus Pub'li-us Ra'hel 

Pi-be'seth Pu'deng Ra'kem 

Pi'-ha-hi'roth Pu'hites Rak'kath 

Pi'late Pul Rak'kon 

Pil'dash Pu'nites Ram 

Pil'e-ha Pu'non Ra'ma 

Pil'tai Pur Ra'mah 

Pi'non Pu'rim Ra'math 



Ra-gu'el 

Ra'hab 

Ra'ham 



212 Peonottkcing Vocabulary. 



Ra'math-a'im- 


Reph-a-i'ah 


Rome 


zo'phim 


Reph'a-im 


Rosb 


Ra'math-ite 


Reph'a-im§ 


Ru'fus 


Ra'math-le'hl 


Reph'i-dim 


Ru-ha'mah 


Ra'math-miz'peh 


Re 'sen 


Ru'mah 


Ra-me'se§ 


Resh 


Ruth 


Ra-ml'ah 


Re'sheph 


S. 


Ra'moth 


Re'u 


Sa-bach'tha-ni 


Ra'motli-gil'e-ad 


Reu'ben 


Sab'a-oth 


Ra'pha 


Reu'ben-ite 


Sa-be'an§ 


Ra'phu 


Reu'ben-ites 


Sab'ta 


Re-a-i'a 


Reu-el 


Sab'tah 


Re-a-i'ah 


Reu'mah 


Sab'te-cha 


Re'ba 


Rev-e-la'tion 


Sab'te-chah 


Re-bec'ca 


Re'zeph 


Sa'car 


Re-bek'ah 


Re-zi'a 


Sad'du-geeg 


Re'cMb 


Re'zin 


Sa'doc 


Re'chab-Ites 


Re'zon 


Sa'la 


Re'chah 


Rhe'gi-um 


Sa'lah 


Re-el-a'iah 


Rhe'sa 


Sal'a-mis 


Re 'gem 


Rho'da 


Sa-la'thi-el 


Re'gem-me'lech 


Rhodes 


Sal'cah 


Re-ha-bi'ah 


Ri'bai 


Sal'chah 


Re'hob 


Rib'lah 


Sa'lem 


Re-ho-bo'am 


Rirn'mon 


Sa'lim 


Re-ho'both 


Rim'mon-pa'rez 


Sal'lari 


Re'hum 


Rin'nah 


Sal'lu 


Re'i 


Ri'phath 


Sal'ma 


Re'kem 


Ris'sah 


Sal'mon 


Rem-a-li'ah 


Rith'mah 


Sal-mo'ne 


Re'meth 


Riz'pah 


Sa-lo'me 


Rem'mon 


R6-bo'am 


Salt 


Rem'mon-m6th'- 


Ro-ge'lim 


Sa'lu 


o-ar 


Roh'gah 


Sa-ma'ri-a 


Rem'phan 


R6-mam'ti-e'zer 


Sa-mar'i-tan 


Re'pha-el 


Ro'man 


Sa-mar'i-tan§ 


Re'phah 


Ro'mang 


Sa'mech 



Peonouncixg Vocabulary. 



213 



Sam'gar-ne'bo 


Se'i-rath 


Sha'ge 


Sam'lah 


Se'la 


Sha'har 


Sa'mos 


Se'lah 


Sha-ha-ra'im 


Sam-o-thra'fia 


Se'lah-ham-Tna,li- 


Sha-haz'i-mah 


Sam'son 


le'koth 


Sha'lem 


Sam'u-el 


Se'led 


Sha'lim 


San-baVlat 


Se-leu'9i-a 


SMl'i-sha 


San-san'nah 


Sem 


Shal'le-cheth 


Saph 


Sem-a-chi'ah 


Shal'lum 


Sa'phir 


Sgm'e-i 


Shal'lun 


Sap-phi'ra 


Se-na'ah 


Shal'ma-i 


Sa'ra 


Se'neh 


Shal'mau 


Sa'rah 


Se'nir 


Shal-man-e'ger 


Sa'rai 


Sen-nach'e-rib 


Shama 


Sa'rSph 


Se-nu'ah 


Sham-a-ri'ah 


Sar-dis 


Se-o'rim 


Sha'med 


Sar'dites 


Se'phar 


Sha'mer 


Sa-rep'ta 


Seph'a-rad 


Sham'gar 


Sar'gon 


Seph-ar-va'im 


Sham'huth 


Sa'rid 


Seph'ar-vites 


Shamir 


Sa'ron 


Se'rah 


Sham'ma 


Sar-se'chim 


Ser-a-i'ah 


Sham'mah 


Sa'ruch 


Ser'a-pMm§ 


Sham'ma-i 


Sa'tan 


Se'red 


Sham'moth 


Saul 


Ser'gi-us Pau'lus 


Sham-mu'a 


Sfe'va 


Se'rug 


Sham-muah 


Schin 


Seth 


Sham-she-ra'i 


Scribe 


Se'thur 


Sha'pham ' 


Scrlbe§ 


Sha-ai-ab'bin 


Sha'phan 


Scyth'i-an 


Sha-al'bim 


Sha'phat 


Se'ba 


Sha-al'bo-nite 


Sha'pher 


Se'bat 


Shaaph 


Shar'a-ri 


Sec'a-cah 


Sha-a-ra'im 


Sha-ra'im 


Se'chu 


Sha-ash'gaz 


SM'rar 


Se-cun'dus 


Shab'be-thai 


Sha-re'zer 


Se'gub 


Sha-chi'a 


Shar'on 


Se'ir 


Sha'drach 


Shar'on-ite 



214 Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



Sha-ru'hen 

Shash'a-i 

Sha'sMk 

Sha'ul 

Sha'ul-ites 

SM'veh 

Sha'veh Kir-i-a- 

tha'im 
Shav'sha 
She'al 
She-al'ti-el 
She-a-ri'ah 
She'ar-ja'shub 
She'ba 
She'bali 
She'bam 
Sh6b-a-ni'ah 
Sheb'a-rim 
She'ber 
Sheb'na 
Sheb'u-el 
Shec-a-ni'ah 
Shech-a-nl'ah 
She'chem 
She'chem-ites 
Shed'e-ur 
She-ha-ri'ah 
She'lah 
She'lan-ites 
Shgl-e-mi'ah 
She'leph 
She'lesh 
Shel'o-inl 
Shel'o-mith 
Shel'o-moth 
She-lu'mi-el 
Shem 



She'ma 

She-ma'ah 

Shem-a-i'ah 

Shem-a-ri'ah 

Shem-e'ber 

She'mer 

She-mi 'da 

She-mi 'dab 

She-mi'da-ites 

Shem'i-nith 

She-mir'a-moth 

She-mu'el 

Shen 

She-na'zar 

She'nir 

She'pham 

Sheph-a-thi'ah 

Shgph-a-ti'ah 

She'phi 

She'pho 

She-phu'phan 

She'rah 

Sher-e-bi'ah 

She'resh 

She-re 'zer 

She'shach 

She'shai 

She'shan 

ShSsh-baz'zar 

Sheth 

She'thar 

She'thar-boz'na-i 

She'va 

Shib'bo-16th 

Shib'mah 

Shi'cron 

Shig-ga'ion 



Shi-gi'o-noth 

Shi'hon 

Shi'hor 

Shi'hor-lib'nath 

Shil'hi 

Shil'him 

Shil'lem 

Shil'lem-ites 

Shi-lo'ah 

Shi'loh 

Shi-lo'ni 

Shi'lo-nite 

Shir shah 

Shim'e-a 

Shim'e-ah 

Shim'e-am 

Shim'e-ath 

Shim'e-ath-ites 

Shim'e-i 

Shim'e-on 

Shim'hi 

Shi'mi 

Shim'ites 

Shim'ma 

Shi'mon 

Shim 'rath 

Shim'ri 

Shim'rith 

Shim'rom 

Shim'ron 

Shim'ron-ites 

Shim'ron -me'ron 

Shim'shai 

Shi'nab 

Shi'nar 

Shi'phi 

Shiph'mite 



Pronouncing Vocabulary. 215 



Ship'rah 


Shu'pham 


Sip'pai 


Shiph'tan 


Shu'pham-ites 


Si'rah 


Shi'sha 


Shup'pim 


Sir'i-6n 


Shi'shak 


Shur 


Si-sam'a-i 


Shit'ra-i 


Shu'shan 


Sis'e-ra 


Shit'tim 


Shu' shan-e' duth 


Sit'nah 


ShI'za 


Shu'thal-hites 


Si'van 


Sho'a 


Shu'the-lkh 


Smyr'na 


Sho'bab 


Sii 


So 


Sho'bach 


Si'a-ha 


So'cho 


Sho'ba-i 


Sib'be-cai 


So'choh 


Sho'bal 


Sib'be-chai 


So'coh 


Sho'bek 


Sib'bo-leth 


So'di 


Sho'bi 


Sib'mah 


Sod'om 


Sho'cho 


Sib'ra-im 


Sod'o-ma 


Sho'choh 


Si'chem 


Sod'om-ite 


Sho'co 


Sidi^im 


Sod'om-ites 


Sho'ham 


Si'don 


Soro-mon 


Sho'mer 


Si-d6'ni-an§ 


Sop'a-ter 


Sho'phach 


Si'hon 


Soph'e-reth 


Sho'phan 


Si'hor 


So'rek 


Sho-shan'mm 


srias 


S6-sip'a-ter 


Sh6-shan'nim-6' 


^ Sil'la 


S6s'the-ne§ 


duth 


* Si-16'ah 


S6'ta-I 


Shu'a 


Si-lo'am 


Spain 


Shu'ah 


Sil-va'nus 


Spir'it 


Shu'al 


Sim'e-on 


Sta'chys 


Shu'ba-el 


Sim'e-on-ites 


Steph'a-nas 


Shu'ham 


Si'mon 


Ste'phen 


Shu'ham-ites 


Sim'ri 


Sto'icks 


Shu'hite 


Sin 


Su'ah 


Shu'lam-ite 


Si'na 


Suc'coth 


Shu'math-ites 


Si'nai 


Suc'coth-be'noth 


Shu'nam-mite 


Sl'niin 


Su'chath-ites 


Shu'nem 


Sin'ite 


Suk'ki-im§ 


Shu'ni 


Si'on 


Sur 


Shu'nites 


Siph'moth 


Su'san-chites 



216 Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



Su-§an'na 

SQ'si 

Sy'char 

Sy'chem 

Sy-e'ne 

Syn'ty-che 

Syr'a-cuse 

Syr'i-a 

Syr'i-ack 

Syr'i-a-da-mas'- 

CTIS 

Syr'i-a-ma'a- 

chah 
Syr'i-an 
Syr'i-an§ 
Sy-ro-phe-ni'- 

yian 

T. 
Ta'a-nach 
Ta'a-nath- shi 'loh 
Tab'ba-oth 
Tab'bath 
Ta'be-al 
Ta'be-el 
Tab'e-rah 
Tab'i-tha 
Ta'bor 
Tab'ri-mon 
Tach'mo-nite 
Tad'mor 
Ta'han 
Ta'han-ites 
Ta-Mp'a-ne§ 
Ta'hath 
Tah'pan-he§ 
Tah'pen-eg 
Tah-re'a 



Tah'tim-hod'shi 

Tal'i-tha 

Tal'mai 

Tal'mon 

Ta'mah 

Ta'mar 

Tam'miiz 

Ta'nach 

Tan'hu-meth 

Ta'phath 

Tap'pu-ah 

Ta'rahi 

Tar'a-lah 

Ta're-a 

Tar'pel-ites 

Tar'shish 

Tar'sus ^ 

Tar'tak 

Tar'tan 

Tat'na-i 

Tau 

Te'bah 

Teb-a-li'ah 

Te'beth 

Te-haph'ne-he§ 

Te-hin'nah 

Te'kel 

Te-ko'a 

Te-ko'ah 

Te-ko'ite 

Te-ko'ites 

Tel-a'bib 

Te'lah 

Tel'a-im 

Te-las'sar 

Te'lem 

Tel-ha-re'sha 



Tel-har'sa 

Tel-me'lah 

Te'ma 

Te'man 

Tem'a-ni 

Te'man-ite 

Te'man-Ites 

Tem'e-ni 

Te'rah 

Ter'a-phim 

Te'resh 

Ter'tius 

Ter-tul'lus 

Teth 

Tet'rarch 

Thad-dae'us 

Tha'Msh 

Tha'mah 

Tha'mar 

Tha'ra 

Thar'shish 

The'bez 

The-la'sar 

The-oph'i-lus 

Thes-sa-l6 'ni-an§ 

Th^s-sa-lo-ni'ca 

Theu'das 

Thim'na-thah 

Thom'as 

Thum'mim 

Thy-a-ti'ra 

Ti-be'ri-as 

Ti-be'ri-us9ae'§ar 

Tib'Mth 

Tib'ni 

Ti'dal 

Tig'lath-pi-le'§er 



Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



217 



Tik'vah 


To'la-ites 


tj'tha-i 


Tik'vath 


To'phel 


tJz 


Til'gath-pil-ne'- 


To'phet 


U'za-i 


§er 


To'pheth 


U'zal 


Ti'lon 


To'u 


tJz'za 


Ti-mae'us 


Trach-o-ni'tis 


Uz'zah 


Tim'na 


Tro'as 


Uz'zen-she'rah 


Txm'nah 


Tro-gyl'li-um 


tJz'zi 


Tim'nath 


Troph'i-mus 


tJz-zi'a 


TIm'nath-he're§ 


Try-phe'na 


tJz-zi'ah 


Tim'nath-se'rah 


Try-pho'sa 


tJz'zi-el 


Tim'nite 


Tu-bal 


tJz'zi-el-Ites 


Ti'mon 


Tu'bal-cain 




Tt-mo'the-us 


Tych'i-cus 


V. 


Tim'o-thy 


Ty-ran'nus 


Va-jez'a-tha 


Tiph'sah 


Tyre 


Va-ni'ah 


Ti'ras 


Ty'rus 


Vash'nl 


Ti'rath-ites 


Tzad'di 


Vash'ti 


Tir'ha-kah 




Vau 


Tir'ha-nah 


U. 


Voph'si 


Tir'i-a 


U'cal 




Tir'sha-tha 


tj'el 


Z. 


Tir'zah 


tj'la-i 


Za-a-na'im 


Tish'bite 


U'lam 


Za'a-nan 


Ti'tus 


^I'la 


Za-a-nan'nim 


Ti'zite 


Um'mah 


Za'a-van 


To'ah 


IJn'ni 


Za'bad 


Tob 


U-phar'sin 


Zab'bai 


T6b-ad-o-ni'jah 


tj'phaz 


Zab'bud 


To-bi'ah 


tr 


Zab'di 


T6-bi'jah 


Ur'bane 


Zab'di-el 


To'chen 


U'ri 


Za'bud 


T6-gar'mah 


U-ri'ah 


Zab'u-lon 


To'hu 


U-ri'as 


Zac'ca-i 


To'i 


tj'ri-el 


Zao-chae'us 


To'la 


U-ri'jah 


Zac'chur 


To'lad 


U'rim 


Zac'cur 



218 Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



Zach-a-ri'ah 


Ze-bo'im 


Ze'ror 


Zach-a-ri'as 


Ze-bu'dah 


Ze-ru'ah 


Za'cher 


Ze'bul 


Ze-riib'ba-b61 


Za'dok 


Zeb'u-lon-ite 


Zer-u-rah 


Za'ham 


Zeb'u-lun 


Ze'tham 


Za'in 


Zeb'u-lun-ites 


Ze'than 


Za'Ir 


Z6ch-a-ri'ah 


Ze'thar 


Za'laph 


Ze'dad 


Zi'a 


Zal'mon 


Zgd-e-kl'ah 


Zi'ba 


Zal-mo'nah 


Ze'eb 


Zib'e-on 


Zal-mun'na 


Ze'lah 


Zib'i-a 


Zara-zum'mimg 


Ze'lek 


Zib'i-ah 


Za-no'ah 


Ze-16'phe-h5d 


Zich'ri 


Zaph'nath-pa-a- 


Ze-]o'te§ 


Zid'dim 


ne'ah 


Zgl'zah 


Zid-ki'jah 


Za'phon 


Zgm-a-ra'im 


Zi'don 


Za'ra 


Z6m'a-rite 


Zi-d6'ni-an§ 


Za'rah 


Ze-mi'ra 


Zif 


Za're-ah 


Ze'nan 


Zi'ha 


Za're-ath-ites 


Ze'nas 


Zik'lag 


Za'red 


Zgph-a-nl'ah 


Zil'lah 


Zar'e-phath 


Ze'phath 


Zil'pah 


Zar'e-tan 


Zgph'a-thah 


Zil'thai 


Za'reth-sha'har 


Ze'phi 


Zim'mah 


Zar'hites 


Ze'pho 


Zim'ran 


Zar'ta-nah 


Ze'phon 


Zim'ri 


Zar'than 


Ze'phon-ites 


Zin 


Zat'thu 


Zer 


Zi'na 


Zat'tu 


Ze'rah 


Zi'on 


Za'van 


Zgr-a-hi'ah 


Zi'or 


Za'za 


Ze'red 


Ziph 


Zeb-e-di'ah 


ZSr'e-da 


Zi'phah 


Ze'bah 


Ze-red'a-thah 


Ziph'img 


Ze-ba'im 


Zer'e-rath 


Ziph'i-on 


Zeb'e-dee 


Ze'resh 


Ziph'ites 


Ze-bi'na 


Ze'reth 


Ziph'ron 


Ze-boi'im 


Ze'rX 


Zip'por 



Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



219 



Zip-po'rah 


Zo'har 


Zo'ntes 


Zith'ri 


Zo'he-leth 


Zo'rob'a-bel 


Ziz 


Zo'heth 


Zu'ar 


Zi'za 


Zo'phah 


Zuph 


Zi'zah 


Zo'phai 


Zur 


Zo'an 


Zo'phar 


Zu'ri-el 


Zo'ar 


Zo'phim 


Zu'ri'shad'da-i 


Zo'ba 


Zo'rah 


Zu'zimg 


Zo'bah 


Zo'rath-ites 




Zo-bi'bah 


Zo're-ah 




II. 


THE REVISED VERSION. 


A. 


A'ram-ma'a-cah 


B. 


Ab'a-nah 


A'ra-rlte 


Ba'a-le Ju'dah 


A'bel-beth-ma'a- 


Ar'chites 


Bar-a-chi'ah 


cah 


Ar'nl 


Bar-sab 'bas 


A'bel-cher'a-raim 


Ar-pach'shad 


Bas'e-math 


Ab'i-gal 


Ar'ub-both 


Bav'va-i 


A-bro'nah 


A'sa-rel 


Ba'yith 


Ac'co 


Ash-a-re'lah 


Be'cher-ites 


Ad'a-ml-ne'keb 


A-she'rah 


Be-c6'rath 


A-huz'zain 


A-she'rim 


Ben-a-bin'a-dab 


Ah'za-i 


A-she'roth 


Ben-de'ker 


Aij'e-leth-hash- 


Ash'hur 


Ben-ge'ber 


Sha'har 


Ash'te-roth-kar- 


Ben-he'sed 


A-kel'da-ma 


na'im 


Ben'-hur 


Al-e^-an'drl-an 


Ath'a-rim 


Ber'a-cah 


Xl-lam'me-lech 


At'roth-beth- 


Beth-bir'i 


Al'le-meth 


Jo'ab 


Beth-gil'gal 


ll'lon-bac'uth 


At'roth-sho'phan 


Beth-hac'che-rim 


Al-tash-heth 


Au-gfls'tan 


Beth-ha'ram 


Am-mi'hur 


Av'va 


Beth-le-aph'rah 


Am-pli-a'tus 


Av'vim 


Beth'-le-hem 


An'a-kim 


Av'vltes 


Eph'ra-thah 


An'a-thoth-ite 


A-zar'el 


Beth-ma'a-cah 


In-tho-thi'jah 


A-za'zel 


Beth-mer'hak 


Ap'pi-us 




Be-roe'a 



220 



Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



Beth-pe'et 


E. 


Goi'im 


Be-zal'el 


E'bez 


Gre'^ian 


Bir'za-ith 


E'bron 




Biz-i-6th'i-ah 


E'la 


H. 




Eg-lath'-sheli- 


Hab-az-zi-ni'ah 


C. 


shi'yah 


Ha'de§ 


Caleb fiph'ra- 


l:i-be'rith 


Hag-ged'o-lim 


thah 


El'e-a-dah 


Ha'gri 


Ca-na-nae'an 


E-liph'e-le-hu 


Ha'grlte 


Car'i-te§ 


£l-ma'dam 


Ha'grites 


Cau'da 


l:i'pe-let 


Ha-hi'roth 


^en'chre-ae 


l:i'te-ke 


Hal-le-lu'jah 


Chel'u-hi 


E'mek-ke'ziz 


Ham-me'ah 


Che'phar-am' 


E'mim 


Ham-mol'e-cheth 


mo-ni 


E-na'im 


Ham-miph'kad 


Cher'u-bim 


Eph'ra-thah 


Ham-mu'el 


Chith'lish 


Ep-i-cu-re'an 


Ham'ran 


Chis'lev 


E'shan 


Ha-nam'el 


Chu'zas 


Esh'ta-ol-ites 


Ha-nan'el 


Cor-a'shan 


Eth-ka'zin 


Haph-a-ra'im 


Cos 


Eu-6'di-a 


Hap'piz-zez 


C6-ze'ba 


Eu-raq'ui-lo 


Har-Ma-ged'on 


Cre'tans 


fiz'rah 


Har'mon 


Cun 




Har'sith 


Cush'ite 


G. 


Hash-ab-ne'iah 




Ga'i 


Hash-bad'da-nah 


D. 


Gam'ma-dim 


Has-se-nu'ah 


Dam'me-sek E-li- 


Ge'bal-ites 


Has-soph'e-reth 


e'zer 


Ge-Mr'a-shim 


Ha'thach 


Dab'be-sheth 


Ger'a-£ene§ 


Hav'voth-ja'Ir 


Ded'a-nites 


Ge'ruth CMm'- 


Ha'zar-e'non 


De-ha'ites 


hain 


Ha'zer-hat'ti-con 


Dib'lah 


Ge'shan 


Haz'ze-lel-po'ni 


Di'lan 


Gin'ne-thoi 


Ha'z6r-ha-dat'tah 


Dl'phath 


GTr'zites 


He'reth 


Di'-za-hab 


Gish'pa 


Her'mong 


Do-da-va'hu 


Go'ah 


Hiz'ki 



Pronouncing Vocabulary. 221 



H6-ba'iah 


Jan'nai 


Kir'i-ath-hu'zoth 


Hor'-hag-gid'gad 


Japh-le'tites 


Kir'i-ath-je'a-rim 


Ho'zai 


Ja'shar 


Kir'i-ath-san'nah 




Je-atb'e-rai 


Kir'i-ath-se'pher 


I. 


Jech-i-li'ah 




Ib'sam 


Jech-o-ni'ah 


L. 


I-e'zer 


Je-hal'le-161 




1-e'zer-ites 


Je-hez'kel 


La'dan 


Im'nites 


Je-ho'ad-dah 


La'i-shah 


Iph-de'iah 


Je-ho-ad'din 


Lak'kum 


Iph'tah 


Je-hu'el 


Lap'pi-doth 


Iph'tah-el 


Je-mi'mah 


Las-shar'on 


lob 


J6-a'nan 


Leb-ka'ma-i 


Ish'hod 


Jo'da 




Ish-ma-i'ah 


Jo'nam 


M. 


Ish'pah 


Jo'nath-e'lem-re- 


Ma'a-cath 


Ish'vah 


ho'kim 


Ma-ac'a-thi 


Ish'vi 


J6r'ke-am 


Ma-ac'a-thlte 


Ish'vites 


Jo'sech 


Ma-ac'a-thites 


Is-shl'ah 


Jo'sheb-bas-she'- 


Ma'a-reh-ge'ba 


Is-shi'jah 


beth 


Ma-as'ai 


Ith'lah 


J6sh-i-bi'ah 


Mach'ban-nai 


Iv'vah 


Joz'a-car 


Mach'be-na 


I'ye-ab'a-rim 


Ju'ni-as 


Mag'a-dan 


I'yim 


Ju'tah 


Ma-ha'la-lel 


Iz-li'ah 




Mah-se'iah 


Iz-zi'ah 


K. 


Mai 'cam 




Kad'mon-Ite 


Mallu-chI 


J. 


Kain 


Ma-na'hath-ites 


Ja'lam 


Ka'mon 


Mar' an a'tha 


Ja'nai 


Kar'ka 


Ma'trites 


Ja-ar-€-shi'ah 


Ken'iz-zlte 


Mat'tat-tah 


Ja'a-su 


Ke'ri-oth-hez'ron 


Mec'o-nah 


Ja'zer 


Ke-zi'ah 


Me'-za-hab 


Ja'can 


Kir'i-ath 


Men'na 


Jah'ze-iah 


Kir'i-atb-a'rim 


Men'u-hoth 


Ja'nim 


Kir'i-ath-ba'al 


Mer'cu-ry 



222 



Pronouncing Vocabulaky. 



Mer'i-bath-ka' 


O-hol'i-bah 


Rim'mo-no 


desh 


O-hol-i-ba'mah 


Rim'mon-pe'rez 


Mgr'i-both-ka' 


6s-nap'par 


Ri-zi'a 


desh 




Ro'da-nim 


Me-shez'a-bgl 


P. 




Me-thu'sha-el 


Pad'dan 


S. 


Me-zo'ba-ite 


Pad'dan-a'ram 


Sab'te-ca 


Mi'ca 


Pash'hur 


Sal'e-cah 


Mich'me-thath 


Pe'rez-Ites 


Sal'ma-i 


Mir'mali 


Per'ga-mum 


Sam'o-thrace 


Mig'par 


Pe-ul'le-thai 


Se'bam 


Mith'kah 


Pha'raoh-ne'co 


Se'cu 


Mo'rasb-tite 


Pha'raoh-ne'coh 


Se'i-rah 


M6-se'rah 


Phi'col 


Sein'e-in 




Phoe'be 


Ser'a-phim 


N. 


Phoe-ni'gia 


Se'red-Ites 


Na'con 


Phoenix 


Sev'o-neh 


Nag'gai 


Phy-ge'lus 


Sha'a-lim 


Naz'i-rite 


Pil'ha 


Sha-haz'u-mah 


Naz'i-rites 


Pi'shon 


Shal'i-shah 


Neb-u-sMz'ban 


P6ch'e-r6th-haz- 


Sham'la-i 


Ne'co 


ze-ba'im 


Sha'phir 


Neph'i-lim 


Pot'i-phe'ra 


Sha'veh-kir-i-a- 


Ne-phi'sim 


Pu'rah 


tha'im 


Ne-phush'e-sim 


Pu'thites 


She'bat 


Net'a-im 


Pu'vah 


Sheb'nah 


Ne-than'el 


Pyr-rhus 


She'e-rah 


Neth'i-nim 




She'med 


NIc-o-la'i-tan§ 


Q. 


She-naz'zar 


Nile 


Qui-rin'i-us 


She'ol 


No-a'mon 




She'pher 


N6b'a-i 


R. 


She-phu'pham 




Ra'a-ma 


She'thar-boz'e- 


O. 


Ra'phah 


nai 


Och'ran 


Re'cah 


Shi'bah 


O-ho'lah 


Re-ho'both-Ir 


Shik'ke-ron 


O-ho'li-ab 


Re'phan 


Shim'e-Ites 



Pronouncing Vocabulary. 



223 



Shin 


T. 


Va-iz'a-thii 


Shi'on 


Tab'rim-mon 


Ve'dan 


Sho'co 


Ta'hash 




Shu'hah 


Tah'che-mo-nite 


Z. 


Shu'lam-mlte 


Tat'te-nai 


Zam-zum'mim 


Shu'shan-chites 


Tel-har'sha 


Zaph'e-nath-pa- 


Shu'the-lah-ites 


Te'mah 


ne'ah 


Sic'cuth 


TL'tus Justus 


Zar'e-than 


Si'mon Bar Jo'- 


Tok'hath 


Z^al'ot 


nah 


Try-phaB'na 


Ze-bi'dah 


Sis'ma-i 


Twin Brothers 


Zeb'u-lun-ite 


Sith'ri 


Tzad'e 


Ze'cher 


So'co 




Ze'la 


Sto'Tc 




Ze-mi'rah 


Sa'cath-ites 


U. 


Ze'rah-ites 


Suk'ki-im 


Ur-ba'nus 


Zer'e-dah 


SQph 


tlz'zen-she'e-rah 


Zer'e-rah 


Su'phah 




Ze'reth-sha'har 


Sym'e-on 




Zil'le-thai 


Sy-r6-pho-ni'9ian 


V. 


Ziv 


Syr'tis 


Va'heb 


Zu'zim 



Peculiar interest characterizes some of the 
words found in the foregoing Kevised Version 
Vocabulary. For example : figlath-shel-i-shi'- 
yah (Isa. 15. 5 ; Jer. 48. 34) is translated in the 
Authorized Version by "an heifer of three 
years old." Ge'ruth Chim'ham (Jer. 41. 17) is 
the equivalent of " the habitation of Chim'- 
ham " in the Authorized Version. Leb-ka'ma-i 
(Jer. 51. 1) is rendered in the Authorized Ver- 
sion by the phrase " in the midst," or, " in the 
heart," as the margin reads, "of them that 
rise up against me." 



224 Pronouncing Vocabulary. 

A comparison of the two versions will ac- 
quaint the reader with other words of no less 
interest than those above cited. 

In "the conclusion of the whole matter" the 
author would admonish the reader that those 
unpretentious little hints known as " marginal 
notes and readings " are veritable treasuries of 
knowledge and wisdom; and that the Bible 
student who ignores these aids contents him- 
self, like the Israelites at Kadesh-barnea, with 
lingering upon the borders of "a land flowing 
with milk and honey," instead of entering into 
the full enjoyment of his rightful inheritance. 



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